//And why does China need English. In fact I know why but wondering if a Chinese person will ever admit the truth about this.//

Second reply to your msg. What is prosperity and what is not prosperity.
Prosperty, when citizen of a country are eager to travel overseas by bunchs to SPEND lots of cash as tourist..new residents. Also sending their kids to study overseas which cost a mountain of money.

Not prosperity, in the past when Chinese were getting in boats desperate to go overseas a work and die doing bad jobs, like mining
in slaves conditions. Those Chinese did it becouse the famous Western dream. During that time westerns in general were big spenders in CH and Asia and locals will treat them like VIP. TODAY it seem that the only thing westeners in Asia keep reminding the locals how important they are is the English language. Why westerners never admit why they are really in Asia working under very low conditions and making a very low salary. Where is the western dream? NO OFFENSE and thanks for the English language.