More specifically my travels have taken me to a number of countries/regions that are part of Britain's colonial past...Hong Kong,India,several countries in East Africa and southern Africa being just a few.In those travels I've found that the better educated a person is the more likely he/she is to be at least "conversant",if not fluent,in English.
English is one of Hong Kong's "official" languages as it is in India,Tanzania,Kenya and South Africa.It's interesting,and gratifying,to hear that Taiwan will be making English an "official language".Too bad the United States doesn't declare it *the* official language.
Nice tag line.