Beijing says 400 million Chinese cannot speak Mandarin

China's Education Ministry says that about 400 million people - or 30% of the population - cannot speak the country's national language. Of the 70% of the population who can speak Mandarin, many do not do it well enough, a ministry spokeswoman told Xinhua news agency on Thursday. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23975037#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa