Chinese is an arduous language to learn and there’s a strategy to take it on. That’s what our guest Lawrence Feldman wrote in his book, ‘Mastering Mandarin: Expert Hacks for Expats or Anyone to Fly from Zero to Fluency with Maximum Efficiency’.  I like to look at this as the learning-Chinese-motivational-episode. Lawrence and I both know what it’s like to go to China without speaking Chinese, but both later got a handle of the language which greatly improved our lives in China. We also discuss that recent article that complains about white guys who speak Chinese.  Check out Lawrence’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Mandarin-Fluency-Maximum-Efficiency-ebook/dp/B085ZV63BC/   Lawrence’s website: https://lawrence-feldman.blogspot.com/   Subscribe to Expats On Air on YouTube and follow us elsewhere:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWjP-d2yt0Yicq0LXSR4SgQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expatsonair/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatsOnAir Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpatsOnAir Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/expatsonair  Trovo: https://trovo.live/ExpatsOnAir Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expats-on-air/id1545076146 PodBean: https://expatsonair.podbean.com/ Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/expatsonair   Get the intro music here: https://cruelbuddhist.bandcamp.com/track/commitment-to-coffee Commitment to Coffee by Cruel Buddhist from the Yellow Mountain album.