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Xi Loves Us, Xi Loves Us Not? - Kevin Rudd

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Good Pronunciation

Kevin says he was trained to speak BBC Mandarin. But when Chinese folk hear him speak Mandarin, they usually fall about laughing. He recalls the time Gao-chao said Australia and China were now in the midst of a fantastic mutual orgasm. 'I thought it needed a little bit of a classical flourish,' Kevin tells us.

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