fluency of Mainland Chinese English-speakers (was Re: "Hindilish" & "Hinglish")

In a message dated 2000/05/13 11:47:17 PM, Nik quoted me & wrote:

>Jonathan Chang wrote:
>>     Supposedly 10-15 % of the Mainland Chinese know some level of English.
>
>What does "some level" mean?  That is a *very* vague term.  Does it
>refer to knowing a few words, or does it mean that they can speak and
>understand it haltingly?
both. "some level" suppose to be vague. the fluency level is questionable.