I call partial BS on this.
The languages spoken in China are not called “Chinese”. The major dialect in China is called “Mandarin”. To say that she is practicing her Chinese would be like someone from another country wanting to talk to us to practice their “American”, or talking to someone from Mexico to practice their “Mexican”.
Or imagine going to Austria to practice your “Austrian”.
Correctamundo! Mandarin is the most common by far. I know an old Chinese lady who speaks a language that none of the other Chinese around here speak. Her daughters have to translate everything for her.
BTW, Hu, with the correct inflection, means Tiger. I have a tiger cat named Xiao Hu.
My first thought upon reading the ridiculous headline. Idiots.