Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants to see more Malays learning Mandarin. By doing so, he believes the language could be a tool for those from different backgrounds to respect as well as honour each other. Through Mandarin too, the nation could relate better to China, which is an economic powerhouse.
"We have a relationship with China that is based on natural linkages that can have strategics and economic advantages. My son is also learning Mandarin at Georgetown University in the United States. Maybe one day, I will bring him here to deliver a speech in Mandarin." He said to a loud applause at the 90th anniversary dinner of Chong Hwa Independent High School last night. News extracted from NST, December 15, 2009.
Obviously, many have perceived that China is going to be the world superpower politically and economically and this is also be seen by the PM. Thus not suprisingly perhaps, the PM has planned far ahead politically where he is grooming his son to be the future leader of the country where relationship with China and understanding of the culture of Chinese people would be foremost important to stir the country to the forefront of international agenda. By learning Mandarin as mentioned by the PM, the future prime minister of the country could relate better to the leader and the people of China, hence provide better advantages economically and politically. How farsighted our PM! Ha..ha..ha.. How about you?
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