I was on a Shandong Airlines flight last year between LHW-URC, presumably as the only foreigner. There was a long (weather) delay, so SC generously gave the passengers a meal voucher and a hotel room for a couple of hours. But, if I didn't know Chinese, I wouldn't have been privvy to those offers. Not to mention, LHW is in the boonies, and the airport isn't big, so the delay could have been far less tolerable...