&gt;<i>So to summarize, dude who speaks English doesn&#x27;t want to learn other languages, says it should just be converted to English (pinyin) because English is _obviously_ a language with no faults at all and would be the best choice in this case. &#x2F;s</i><p>Did you even read the article? The author wrote a critique of English and listed problems non-natives have with it and its potential unsuitability as a lingua franca. Then they received a question regarding Chinese and this is their follow-up and answer to what it is that makes Chinese potentially unsuitable as a lingua franca.<p>If what you got from the article is &quot;they&#x27;re too lazy to learn Chinese and think English has no faults&quot; then you didn&#x27;t really even try to comprehend the article.