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[ FOREIGN ] [ LAUGH ] Yup, that's the billionaire social media CEO speaking to students at a Beijing university in Mandarin. Admittedly it's an impressive feat for those of us who haven't dabbled in the tonal language. And as you can imagine media outlets have been having a lot of fun with it. For some, Zuckerberg was speaking Mandarin like a boss. Others commented on his apparent mastery of the language, saying in their headlines he spoke fluently, and ABC thought Zuckerberg had put us all to shame by speaking Mandarin, adding. How do you say wow in Chinese? But for all the outlets expressing their surprise at Zuckerberg's linguistics, others remain more grounded, pointing out being bilingual is nothing to get too excited about. Two such science records and foreign policy, noting Zuckerberg's Mandarin actually wasn't spoken that well. The latter put his speaking ability at roughly someone who's studied for two years in college. And the Independent cites Internet watchers who compared his Mandarin to an articulate seven year old with a mouthful of marbles. So, the Beijing- based China Daily said his Mandarin wasn't that bad, writing Zuckerberg's Mandarin pronunciation was far from fluent, but he was able to maintain intelligible conversation and the students responded with warm cheers for his effort. In the end, we do have to give props to the tech Titan. Mandarin's a difficult language to learn, let alone using it in a [ INAUDIBLE ]. A 30 minute Q and A. As the writer over at forum policy put it, he was like a dog walking on its hind legs. It wasn't done well, but it was a surprise to see it done at all. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Mark Zuckerberg’s Half Hour Q&A In Mandarin","description":"Billionaire social media CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke to students at a Beijing university in Mandarin. 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