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Yes, the average student in China encounters far more English speaking/writing than the average student America encounters Mandarin.

Do you speak Hindi? Russian? Why not these too? Are you too busy just learning Japanese?

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The average student in the World encounters far more written English than average American student of any other language (in written form). And people outside of countries with English used on day to day basis don't encounter enough English to properly use it in spoken form.

I'm not too busy just learning Japanese (as a matter of fact I'm also learning German and Russian and I still have some free time).

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