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Kevin Rudd to be first guest on Mandarin News Australia

November 22, 2010 11:05

SBS will unveil its Mandarin news program with an interview with Mandarin speaking foreign minister Kevin Rudd.

The announcement:

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will be the first guest interviewed on Mandarin News Australia, SBS’s new Mandarin television news program, launching on 24 November 2010. Kevin Rudd will be discussing Australian and Chinese trade and economic relations with Zhou Li, presenter of Mandarin News Australia. Minister Rudd is fluent in Mandarin and served in Beijing as a cadet diplomat in the 1980s, with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Mandarin News Australia is Australia’s first and only free to air, locally produced inlanguage Mandarin news service. SBS’s new program will deliver high quality and impartial Chinese Australian news stories, catering for the local community, with a broad national appeal. The program will be subtitled in English, so it can be understood by all Australians.

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