If it weren’t for an online dating site, the Joplin area wouldn’t have gained a highly successful Chinese illustrator and fabric designer. It all started when Cher Jiang, a native of Sichuan, China, decided to turn to an online dating site to learn English after finding that most language lessons were more costly than she cared to pay. She had been an illustrator for 10 years in China, earning several awards for her illustrations and cover designs of children’s books. But she had bigger dreams that required her to learn English. So she joined an online dating site where she…