Why Can't I Find a Language Exchanger?
With China's economy growing faster and faster, foreigners would like to develop their businesses and get more opportunities; so I think I can probably find some native English speakers to do language exchanges with. To be honest, I rarely meet foreigners who would like to do it.
I live in Shenzhen, and I can meet foreigners every day. You can probably make some western friends, but it's not easy for me to find a language exchange via websites. I talked about this with my American friend, and we figured that maybe 1) foreigners would like to find a real Chinese teacher for help and not do a language exchange, or 2) they learned some Chinese before they came here, so they don't really need a Chinese person to practice with.
Anyways, that's what I think. Do you feel the same way I do? Any suggestions?
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Nice job. I think you just gotta keep looking; China's one of the most-studied languages precisely for the reasons you say (business and culture).