Awkward indeed.

This may require an additional note, but you might try and determine if your gentleman has any relatives or contacts who speak English. My co-worker says that it would be uncommon for a Chinese person to move to a new country without having some type of support system. This might be a source of mermanently breaking the communication barrier.

Jay

hey!
Sorry for butting in, but this is like reading a good book or waiting for the next episode
Any updates? :-) grts Erika