Slightly of topic, but if anyone is interested in the number of commercial pilots plying their trade in Europe and beyond, then this could help:
LPcompliance1
Some interesting reading here. According to the Flight Standards department of the CAAC, in 2008 China had 8,600 commercially-rated pilots operting internationally, out of which 936 failed to demonstrate Level 4 English langauge proficiency. Call me a cynic, but I would have thought 10% was a little on the low side. More realistic (and alarming) is the near 50% failure rate of Controllers obtaining Level 4.
Regards, jez