Scoobyqueen Posted April 1, 2013 at 12:01 PM Report Posted April 1, 2013 at 12:01 PM In this Video of 胡锦涛 speech at the National Congress is the tone in 论 in 理论 fourth tone? Quote
li3wei1 Posted April 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM Report Posted April 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM They both sound second tone to me. Quote
xiaocai Posted April 3, 2013 at 09:50 AM Report Posted April 3, 2013 at 09:50 AM He doesn't speak the most standard Mandarin and makes quite some mistakes which are obviously due to the influence of his dialect. As a matter of fact, most of them don't, and can not. It is getting better though. Mao Zedong hardly spoke any standard Mandarin, whereas Xi Jinping's accent is pretty decent for someone of his age. BTW, this video really made me laugh. Quote
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