There is no such thing as a "chinese" language. Your statement is akin to saying "You'd better start learning european then".
China is a region with a far greater linguistic diversity than europe.
China is a region with a far greater linguistic diversity than europe.
The CCP is trying to wipe out the other dialects as soon as possible, anyway.
What we call "chinese language" has historically been cantonese as that's what we are mostly familiar with ( mostly via immigration ).
Most of us don't even know there are different chinese languages. I know I didn't until someone corrected me on social media.