Only Mandarin-speaking foreigners belong in China? – General

www.speakingofchina.com — Do only Mandarin-speaking foreigners really feel like they belong in China? Or will foreigners always feel like outsiders, no matter how good our Chinese is?

That's the dilemma I encountered during an evening walk with a newly-arrived foreigner in Hangzhou.

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Only Mandarin-speaking foreigners belong in China?

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