Zuckerberg Talks to Tsinghua Students in Chinese

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Chinese in Beijing Visit. Los Angeles Times, Oct 23, 2014.
www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg ... 20141023-story.html

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At Tsinghua University, "Zuckerberg on Wednesday [Oct 22] showed off his nascent Chinese-language skills in Beijing by participating in a 30-minute question-and-answer session conducted entirely in Mandarin.

"'Can you tell us why you wanted to learn Chinese?' [asked the host, whose nationality is unknown and who introduced Zuckerberg in English.]  Zuckerberg responded in a form familiar to many Chinese officials, who like to use 'first, second and third' when talking to the public. 'First, my wife is Chinese.

"In 2010, Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page that learning Mandarin was his personal challenge for the year.

"Though Zuckerberg struggled at times to find the precise words to express himself and frequently bungled his tones, he was able to get his points across to the audience, which cheered him repeatedly.