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Oh my gosh, how cute is this? While President Donald Trump was touring China, his granddaughter Arabella wowed the world when she sang in Mandarin and said a part of the Three-Character Classic and ancient Chinese poems. Apparently, she learned Chinese from her nanny since she was a baby, and she is quite fluent.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed the President and First Lady at the Palace Museum and served tea. That’s when the proud grandfather showed Xi and Peng this super cute video of Arabella.
Here’s how that unfolded:
Arabella, who was wearing a Chinese-style dress, dedicated her performance to “Grandpa Xi” and “Grandma Peng.”
Seriously, that is adorable. The Chinese leader said she received an “A plus.”
She sang a children’s song about sweeping rice fields, a jade-green river and a lake studded with lotus flowers, stocked with fat, golden carp and with flocks of ducks hiding in the reeds. She also recited the Three Characters Classic, an ancient text used to teach children the key values of Confucianism, as well as two other poems and another song.
On the Chinese Internet, Arabella won praise — one netizen called her an “adorable girl” whose Chinese is great, according to one widely shared post.
“This little girl is so smart, hope in the future that she can make a bigger contribution between friendly exchanges China and the United States,” wrote another netizen.
Even China’s Foreign Ministry couldn’t help but bring it up at a press conference later. “Arabella as a small messenger of Sino-American friendship is deeply loved by the Chinese people,” he said. “I believe it will also help to narrow the feelings and distance between the peoples of China and the United States.”
Image Credit: Screen Cap
Hat Tip: New China TV
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