Actually, in informal conversations, we just call you foreigners 老外.
![Smiley :)](https://forum.battlemaster.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
And I wouldn't worry about it, Glaumring. Most Chinese don't know how to write Chinese either. Not properly anyway.
![Wink ;)](https://forum.battlemaster.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
And eventually everyone will be typing at a keyboard, and the only people left who knows how to write the language will be professional calligraphers.
![Tongue :P](https://forum.battlemaster.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)