foreigners need to get with the English revolution..
Most Norwegians I've met are more literate in English than a lot of Americans I've met.
If we collectively don't straighten up and fly right we are all going to be speaking Chinese.
The Chinese language will die, over the long term, with increasing exposure to western culture. Many Taiwanese knew this long ago and the Chinese are catching on quickly. Startling numbers speak English, though they read and listen better than they write, and especially, speak (there's a bit of a cultural impediment there.) Unlike Americans, they understand the power of language, and often embrace the other popular languages, such as English and Spanish. What they find is that western languages, having been developed much later as written phonetic languages, are better designed and easier to master. The obvious benefit is the power to communicate with more people, in their own tongues.