Read an article on Fortune http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm

There are many advantages of speaking Chinese, even better if you can read and write Chinese.  While the global economic crisis is continuing into its 3rd year soon, the Chinese market has been growing again since the second quarter of 2009.  One of our students just got an offer in Beijing after graduated from college in 2007, working in New York, and studied Chinese online with us for two years.

Keep up the good work of learning Chinese, your future is brighter because of it.