Teaching Experiences -- China Connection

I did my best to convince the students that while print is leveling off or slightly declining in the United States and the Western world, not so in China. The potential in China is mind boggling, when one considers the sheer size of the population. Consider the fact that China now has a middle class of about 350 million people who are literate and do read. Also consider that there are another 1 billion Chinese people who potentially will become readers, and the numbers get scary if only 100 or 200 million actually become literate. The printing industry here has a long way to go before it starts a downward movement. So banish the concept that print is dying in China!