As a 华裔-American, I agree.

I mean, what kind of a name is “China”?

Its 中国, officially 中华人民共和国.

This is what class would sound like:

“Alright kids, it’s time to learn about countries. As you know, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó is one of the largest guó jiā in the world…

Xiāng Gǎng is a tè bié xíng zhèng qū that has de jure autonomy. Just like guǎng zhōu, and the rest of guǎng dōng shěng, people general speak guǎng dōng huà (aka: yuè yǔ), as a fāng yán…”

You get the idea.

I bet like 90% of the Western world has trouble even hearing the words with the tones. Tonal languages is very difficult to learn, I only know how to speak a bit because I was born into it, even I have trouble with words, since I grew up in the US, I haven’t spoken Mandarin in over a decade, and only still use the basics words of Cantonese at home (since political conversations is just a one-sided conversation, with parents spewing propaganda, not even worth talking about).

If I hear people attemping to use the native (non-Anglicanized) pronounciation and absolutely butcher it, I’m gonna feel so much 尴尬/cringe. (Sorry, I just feel like people are mocking me when they try to say 你好 (Hello) since the Tones feel so “off”)