“mandated?”
I don’t know. But my Chinese immigrant friends work very hard on their English skills. They are so happy to be here. They are all Christians, I went with a Shanghai born gal for 15 years, and I regret not having her teach me Mandarin. Not an easy language to learn though.
When I was in Hong Kong and also on Taiwan, all the girls spoke fluent English. So did the bartenders. Don’t ask me how I know. I never learned Chinese but learned a skoshi (sp?) bit of pidgin Japanese while we were there.