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2021-04-13 13:12:41
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Fazlizan bin Abd Ghani
13 April 21
Malaysia
Terengganu
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The STAR
AT a recent joint press briefing in Fujian Province with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said Wang “is my taiko (big brother)†after he described “Malaysia and China is a family†with broad smiles.
For both phrases, he had spoken in “broken†Mandarin before translating into English himself. And in response, a pleasantly surprised Wang Yi replied promptly in Mandarin “We are brothersâ€.