This is a Chinese website, and it seems that most of its users are from China too. Furthermore, most Chinese here are only interested in learning English. In contrast, there are far fewer native English speakers on this website, and many of them are not interested in Chinese (many are studying French, Spanish, German, Italian, etc). This means that finding a native English speaking language partner who you get on well with may be difficult for some Chinese on here. You should make sure you fill out your profile, answer questions, write and correct notebook entries and also add people as friends. By doing this you will slowly build up some useful and interesting contacts on italki. Good luck!