Initially I was surprised by how many people had written-off China, but for people with limited holiday allowance, the only realistic way for most would be a tour which rushed you through multiple "sights", and that's no way to see this beautiful country.
We'd lived here a few years before we developed the confidence to travel outside the most built-up areas, and we do rely on an ability to use Chinese apps on our phones, and speak and read some Chinese.
If people did want to travel here, I'd suggest choosing one or two neighboring provinces, probably in southern China, and really spending some time in a particular area, rather than rushing through the Beijing-Great Wall-Three Gorges-Chengdu-Shanghai tours most people end up on.
For me, I'm not keen to visit the US, or Australia, or other English speaking countries any time soon We're relatively young and hardy right now, so it seems worth doing the more challenging trips and saving the easier ones for when we're older.