Don't mess around in the US for peanuts if you can speak/read/write Mandarin and English. Head to Shenzhen without delay. If you happen to be white, then you're worth your weight in gold. If you can do technical things, then you're a magician too. Furthermore, you could even sell yourself as a manual proofreader/editor/translator as well.
Relocate your abilities where they can be best utilized and compensated where things are designed, engineered and/or manufactured.
Relocate your abilities where they can be best utilized and compensated where things are designed, engineered and/or manufactured.