New PM Kevin Rudd promises new course on Iraq,Warming

Kevin Rudd, 50, a former diplomat who speaks fluent Chinese, urged voters to support him because Howard, 68, was out of touch with modern Australia and ill-equipped to deal with issues such as climate change et al.(Washington Post,November 25, 2007 page A17.ISSUES with comments: How many people can speak the Chinese language even though about 1/4 people in the world speak Chinese since China is in the most populous nation in the world. To resolve such issue,"A Glimpse of the Chinese Language" in English would be useful for Australians to learn the expertise of the Prime Minister i.e. English and Chinese in the light vein with humor! Needless to say,Americans would find such reference useful in order to learn the art and music simultaneously i.e. calligraphy and the tones of Chinese Mandarin. Such work may be searched at www.rand.org and www.Amazon.com online book catalog. It is the property of US Government when it was published by the RAND Corporation in 1965. However,there is no expiration date of such work because language has been and is still being spoken all the time ad infinitum regardless of the year of publication. Nobody would impugn,indeed! Xie Shihao aka Francis Shieh. November 26, 2007 at 6.45 a.m.