You are wrong. You know why the real estate prices soar in Hong Kong, Macau and Canada? Mainland Chinese keep buying them with cash. Like everything else, this thing is not marketed to those who cannot afford it.

You Americans just don't get it do you? You have no money to finance this kind of projects anymore. Do you know how many of your banks got bailout money from China? Your government owes China a shit load of money.

Most engineers from South Korea, Japan and India learn Chinese. At some point in your career in your field, you will have to work with the Chinese engineers. Most computer engineering jobs in this part of the world require knowing Mandarin Chinese.