When I was growing up in India, learning French or German was not difficult as long as you lived in a biggish city and cost next to nothing.
Whenever I call, or bump into, expatriate friends who have left the country, the first thing they say they miss about China is cheap (my editors have long taught me to use "inexpensive" - more economically correct) DVDs and cheap, (never mind economically-correct adjectives) wonderful food.
First impressions, they say, are the best - and last impressions last.
Many young urban Chinese have a well-kept secret. Often, their families and colleagues are in the dark. Only outsiders are privy to it.