There is a Chinese Practice Corner for foreigners to learn Chinese http://www.hellomandarin.com and Practice Chinese. I met and made some Chinese friends when I visited Beijing last time. The corner is in a bar and they hold Chinese Learning party every evening. The bar is located in San Li Tun of Chao Yang and very close to American Embassy and the other countries embassies. You can ask taxi driver where is San Li Tun and most of drivers and Beijing people know there. Very interesting place http://www.hellomandarin.com/ilovechinese/index.html . If you cannot visit Beijing, you also can join from their website 'Voice Connecting China' http://www.hellomandarin.com/connectingchina . You can join party online through phone call or skype.