[olalonde]

> That obseletes input with pinyin

Uh? Pinyin input is by far the most popular input technique in China. I rarely see anyone using handwriting input.

That being said, it has nothing to do with English winning. It's just a Chinese input technique that uses the latin alphabet. English fluency in China is not very common, especially spoken English.

[syndeo]

My father-in-law here in China uses handwriting input, but everyone else I've seen here uses Pinyin, and it's totally fast and natural for them.

And very true about the English. With some exceptions (of course), folks here maybe know a handful of words at best, and even then, pronunciation is usually pretty rough. People here really aren't using it; they are perfectly comfortable with their Chinese, and why wouldn't they be?

Anyone saying otherwise clearly hasn't been here to see it firsthand.

[eru]

Just like German is written with almost the same alphabet as English, but that doesn't give you English fluency.