Working in China

I recently linked a NY Times article to my Facebook profile and received a couple comments from former students. The article highlighted the alleged ease of finding meaningful employment in China and downplayed the importance of learning the language. Expats in China and others have disagreed with the author's various points. James Fallows' column tipped me off to this article, which includes links to other threads related to this notion. I particularly enjoyed skimming (though it deserves a more careful read) this article by David Moser on the difficulty of learning Chinese.