Exactly. The irony is the same bunch of people would probably decry the "racist" and "preferential" treatment if the roles were reversed. If learning Chinese "has merit", then so would learning Hindi wouldn't it? The largest outsourcing firms are vastly Indian dominated, look at Accenture for example. But you will never hear anyone telling someone else to learn Hindi... yet see in this thread everyone coming out of the woodwork with their sinocentric nonsense forcing their narrow views on others.

Also, for everyone defending this nonsense, what is easier, for people who already know how to speak english to be inclusive, or telling someone to go pick up a new language that is notoriously difficult to learn and speak?

I've travelled to many different countries, spent time in places where people have a reputation for being 'arrogant', ie in France, yet even these "arrogant & snotty" French people switch immediately to English when I'm around, even if they're just talking nonsense. Dutch? Same. Italians? Same. Indians? Same. Spanish? Same. Heck, even worked with a couple of Chinese nationals, they were the same too.

Only in Malaysia do I ever feel out of place because I'm treated like I'm not there. Only here there are people being told to pick up a new language instead of telling others to communicate in a common language.

And you know what? I'm sure a bunch of people here would attack Malays for being racist and arrogant and having a "ketuanan attitude", but I've NEVER been told to speak Malay in a working environment. Heck Malays seem to take the initiative to speak to me in English even when their English isn't up to scratch. Chew on that for a moment... but then again some people only think actions can be racist or supremacist if "someone else" does them

Haha.

Using this logic, if the government comes out with a ruling tomorrow that the only language allowed is Malay, you would be ok with that as its rude to ask the majority to change right?

Its not rude, its common courtesy. Something most people here don't learn or bother to learn.

Using the logic of some of the responses here, you should learn Bangladeshi and Nepalese, etc.

But no one will tell you to do that. Hmmmmm...