LKY killed Chinese foetus and Chinese language, angmoh want to learn Chinese today

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Re: LKY killed Chinese foetus and Chinese language, angmoh want to learn Chinese toda

Ah i see. Why actually mandarin is rather widely spoken it's not very wise to speak it so openly in front of someone that you see is non chinese and assume he cannot understand. Better to use coded messages. That's what the police or the army do for example. They will speak in english but use some type of code word and gangs use them too. I also find it a joke that he's quite well known and they didn't know he spoke and understood mandarin.

Bro Jah, these days the Chinese would need to used coded words.

Back in 1981 to 1988 when kevin was in the diplomatic corp, few ang mo would have a good grasp of Mandarin. Perhaps that caused the Chinese to let their guard down without realising that Kevin has attained a high proficiency in the command of the Chinese language.

Just for the record, he studied a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies at the Australian National University, majoring in Chinese language and Chinese history. He worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1988.

Meantime some latest update on Kevin Rudd & his grasp of the Chinese language http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-11/03/content_15871478.htm

Some interesting extracts from the article:

Chi said at the start she was just curious about what Rudd's blog would be like, as it was reported that Rudd is fluent in Chinese.

"But gradually I found myself to some extent addicted to the blog. Apparently he did not have someone else write them, as there were at times grammar mistakes and funny expressions that are actually not used in Mandarin," Chi said.

And that is a reason why she found the account real and interesting, aside from factors such as the deep feelings that Rudd expressed to his family, which can easily be echoed in Oriental culture, and the impressive experiences he wrote about, she added.

In replies to Rudd, many netizens said they liked his little granddaughter very much. Some said the kid was very meng, an online word meaning "cute," and asked Rudd if he understood. There are others online waiting to help Rudd with his grammar and wording in his new posts.

Rudd started to write his Sina Weibo micro blog on April 18. His friend Rui Chenggang, a news anchor from China Central Television, encouraged him to do so after a rush of foreign politicians opened accounts on Sina Weibo beginning in May.

Bro Jah, yes, you are correct, these days coded words is a must. :o :( But not those days when Kevin was in the diplomatic corp back in the 1980's. :p