Russian Girl ZERO Chinese to MOVIE LEAD in 8 Months (My Student)

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Naran is my student who I started teaching in 2018. When I first started teaching her she spoke zero Chinese, and within 8 months she was filming a Chinese blockbuster as the female lead, ENTIRELY in Chinese! This is how we got her there.
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Anyways, remember: with Fàn Lǎoshī, Chinese makes perfect sense!

[@RitaChinese]

Transform your Mandarin pronunciation in 84 days with our "Finding Your Mandarin Voice" training boot camp: www.ritachinese.com/pron-bootcamp (Starts February 12)

[@alexanderriley65]

Hi, is your Mandarin pronounciation bootcamp going to be a regular thing? I don't think I will be able to sign up for a bootcamp starting Febraury 12 due to scheduling issues but it does still sound very useful so I wondered if the bootcamp would be happening again sometime

[@knowone6429]

I have the same question... Will love to enroll but won't make February's set how long till the next enrolment maybe I'll be ready for that one

[@RitaChinese]

​@@alexanderriley65 Hey Alexander, my boot camp will generally be held twice a year, but I'm having a baby in June of this year, so I'm not sure if I'll be running it a second time in 2024. If you miss this February boot camp, you'll probably be looking at early 2025. That being said, I also have my "Finding your Mandarin Voice" video course. That course guides you through all the initials, finals, tones, intonation, etc. of Mandarin; however, it does not have the 1-on-1 corrections of the boot camp. That would allow you to adjust to your schedule, and you can come for the weekly live streams and participate in any of the discussions in our private Discord group for course members. You can check it out at ritachinese.com/fymv. Let me know if you have any other questions, and I look forward to helping you on your Mandarin learning journey!

[@RitaChinese]

@@knowone6429 Hi there! My boot camp will generally be held twice a year, but I'm having a baby in June of this year, so I'm not sure if I'll be running it a second time in 2024. If you miss this February boot camp, you'll probably be looking at early 2025. That being said, I also have my "Finding your Mandarin Voice" video course. That course guides you through all the initials, finals, tones, intonation, etc. of Mandarin; however, it does not have the 1-on-1 corrections of the boot camp. That would allow you to adjust to your schedule, and you can come for the weekly live streams and participate in any of the discussions in our private Discord group for course members. You can check it out at ritachinese.com/fymv. Let me know if you have any other questions, and I look forward to helping you on your Mandarin learning journey!

[@alexanderriley65]

Many thanks for the helpful response and recommendations, and congratulations on the wonderful news regarding your family! @@RitaChinese

[@peterbayne7227]

8 months!!! That's insane. I wouldn't be able to speak Mandarin like that after 8 years! Kudos to her.

[@DowntownOsaka]

She had Chinese people teaching her everyday, most of us don't have such privilege

[@yeshuaislord6880]

@@DowntownOsaka Well she had to. Her career and existence was on the line :)

[@peterbayne7227]

Still difficult to learn a language that well in that amount of time even with lots of teaching support. @@DowntownOsaka

[@emptyarms6113]

Stop doubting yourself.

[@johnnyshui]

Well with you saying that you wouldn't is already a roadblock. Funny how humans limit themselves without even applying themsevles.

[@thirstbasket]

As a Russian I'm proud of Naran, she is so beautiful and intelligent! Thank you for helping her, clearly she could not have reached this success without you. 🤗🤗🤗

[@RitaChinese]

She definitely deserves it. Good method + hard work = success

[@fiona2396]

*Narana

[@dadlight3783]

She is Buryat. Tribe Hu from Chinese history

[@Bittzen]

This is a good sales pitch. It's making me want to work with you, you seem to be an efficient teacher.

[@structurednoodle]

I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to see a Chinese teacher focusing on pronunciation first and foremost. I have been looking for you for a long time! I cannot wait to take your course!

[@RitaChinese]

I’m so happy that you found me😄 Welcome!!

[@kp74952]

As one of my dance teachers always told us, “practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.” Sounds like you cracked the code on this one. Great job to you both!

[@RitaChinese]

So well said! Similarly, I always tell my students “Good practice makes perfect, bad practice makes horrible results!” 😆

[@sikaonan]

practice makes perfect still applies here, this person practiced something for probably 10+ hours every day for months on end, basically as a full time job. Getting both immersion and intense personal language instruction at the same time

[@lrdnrs]

teacher, I just watched a video where she is interviewed by sina. her mandarin makes me speechless knowing it only took 8 months. a bow to you !!!!

[@marioo849]

She is apparently from Buryat region where buryats live, an indigenous mongolian ethnicity at the mongolian border

[@so-bs1xs]

No, wonder she look part asian. That is clearly not a full white woman.

[@LifelessShoujo]

She’s half russian and half mongolian

[@huasaihun]

She is Buryat herself as her name translates as Sun

[@dagy5287]

​@@huasaihunshe is half russian half mongol. How tf is she lburyat?

[@user-xt8ty6hr3p]

​@@huasaihunЕё мать русская, отец бурят (один из коренных народов российского региона республика Бурятия).

[@namuumng3633]

Well done Naran🎉🎉🎉. Her name sounds so Mongolian. Naran is mongol name, which means "The Sun".

[@fiona2396]

IT'S BURYATIAN NAME!!! SAME "THE SUN"

[@namuumng3633]

@@fiona2396 oh I guessed right that maybe she is buryatian. Is she buryatian?

[@user-3aa6234fh]

@@namuumng3633 yes she’s Buryaad

[@Bav_ar]

Half Russian half Buryat

[@sebumpostmortem]

​@@namuumng3633 Yep! Born in Ulan-Ude☺️

[@flipevent]

Inspiring story, made even more special that you could speak as her teacher! Thank you for sharing this :)

[@RitaChinese]

Glad you enjoyed it! I’m super proud of everything she’s done ☺️

[@LinBeReal]

Вау, я просто в шоке! Эта девушка и её учитель могут вызывать лишь огромное уважение. Ещё и из моей страны! Я не знаю смогла бы я выдержать настолько интенсивное обучение в длинном временном периоде. Используемые звуки очень сильно отличаются в наших языках, даже такие на первый взгляд очевидные звуки как "а", "о". Пойду посмотреть фильм) Всегда смотрю с субтитрами, потому что люблю слушать китайский язык.

[@cyantaiiiiii]

What I learned from this video is that it is possible to speak like a native speaker after specific training,even for adults,it’s illuminating,thanks a lot ❤❤❤

[@victoryinhim9689]

You must be so proud

[@RitaChinese]

I am!! She deserves it all for her hard work

[@magdolnavida2717]

Wow...I'm speechless 😱 I'd like to be as fluent and confident as her 😢congrats to her and you, Rita! Your dedication is respectable 😊❤

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you! I’m definitely proud of her, and I love seeing my students improve like this! ☺️ let me know if you have any questions with your studies!

[@magdolnavida2717]

@@RitaChinese OMG, thank you for answering me 🥰 actually I have a question I asked so many people but no one could answer...so why isn't there a so called drilling exercise book about Chinese grammar? My first language is not English and when I studied English we did a lot of drilling exercises to practice the given grammar part, to feel more confident about how or when we should use that. But I didn't meet any in Chinese books...I am a beginner and don't know a lot of books, but the few I know are just like introducing the new grammar point, max 3 sentences to practice and then move on to the next unit / grammar / whatever... So do you know these kind of books? Are they existing? Or isn't it common in Chinese? I know it's not related to your pronunciation course but I would be grateful so much if you can help me anyhow with your answer!🙏 ❤️Thank You!😊

[@RitaChinese]

@@magdolnavida2717 hey good question! I agree drilling is a big missing part in a lot of Mandarin curriculum and teaching! Tbh I haven’t seen any drilling exercise books myself, but I definitely value how drill can help students master the patterns and structures, like the “army method” I introduced in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXPSnZ54oMmVsNU Grammar drill is actually what we did in my Mandarin speaking bootcamps last summer! We may do beginner and intermediate levels this summer again! Stay tuned if you’re interested😊

[@magdolnavida2717]

@@RitaChinese absolutely interested 😊 and I always stay tuned! I'm honoured that you have really answered my question! Thank you, and take care, little Mom 💕😊❤️🌸🌼🌷🌻

[@RitaChinese]

@@magdolnavida2717 of course anytime😊 and thank you❤️🙏

[@essennagerry]

What I learned for me personally, although it's not exactly new to me but you're confirming it for me and it's very encouraging and motivating: Creative problem solving + lots of repetition (smart drilling and patience) + lots of exposure to natural language (including also living life in that language if possible) - it's the combination of these three which I think we tend to underestimate. We focus on how no amount of drilling is a sure fire way to sound like a native and no number of years lived is a sure fire way to sound like a native, but we fail to consider a more complex solution that also takes time to really test out.

[@abigirlll]

Amazing! I wish that I had picked up Mandarin that quickly! I'm still on my learning Mandarin journey, and from the beginning my teachers had me start with pronunciation and tones. I spent about 3 weeks just on these two things and found that most days after my studying and practicing there was a noticeable shift happening in my mouth muscles and vocal cords. It was wild! But I will say that starting with building excellent habits in pronunciation and tones helped me TREMENDOUSLY. So much that even when I was still learning basic words and such, I was impressing my native Chinese speaking friends with my level of understanding for pronunciation and tones. It 100% makes a difference in the learning journey.

[@shanea_ch]

Thanks so much for the free roadmap 🙏🏼

[@akeelalleyne9277]

This is so awesome, congratulations to both of you on this awesome accomplishment!

[@Blisscent]

Congrats Rita! That must have been an amazing opportunity and teaching experience

[@shaolin60]

Fabulous! Thank you

[@subhashreerout2019]

Wowww... this is justttt grtttttt❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤teachers like rita are so so valuable... when teacher like rita nd student like karen .. Its a beautiful combo❤❤

[@Paula-133]

This is so interesting. It's genius.

[@coffeebreak100]

Wow. I can’t wait to watch the movie!! ❤

[@kioumim]

Thats actually impressive!

[@claudiaaaa2476]

omg! I had no idea her Chinese is taught by you! amazing outcome tho!

[@No-ky3kb]

what was the movie

[@claudiaaaa2476]

@@No-ky3kb It's "Feng Shen" (封神) in Chinese or "Creation of the Gods" in English

[@ganaelschneider]

Insane story congrats

[@priskruger314]

Chinese is such a silky velvety beautiful chic language she is lucky to have you as a teacher ❤ and I am happy to have found you as it's a childhood dream of mine to learn this language. I started on Duolingo step 1 of the dra come true 😂❤

[@RitaChinese]

Good luck!!

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Девушка - бурятка❤ Учитель - молодец, проделала такую работу

[@dagy5287]

Нет, не бурятка

[@fansile]

Она определенно метиска.

[@fiona2396]

​@@dagy5287Нарана Эрдениева то не бурятка? С полностью бурятским именем и фамилией?

[@woshinidegege]

​@@dagy5287 У нее отец бурят.

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Wow! Gives me hope that I can go from intermediate level Chinese to Alibaba CEO in 8 months. 😆

[@unifieddynasty]

I was wondering how that happened. This is a great example!

[@cherrymab4193]

I thought it was impossible in thzt short time but this story change my thoughts 💪💪

[@imeaniguess.6963]

This is going to be a good song.

[@fatisummer9106]

Wow that what I call it a SUCCESS story

[@gracexiang1736]

what is the difference between the masterclass and bootcamp? I cannot start the bootcamp in Feb. only in the summer.

[@CyberMew]

I can still hear some non-native words though but it’s good enough!

[@yurmiksant]

I'm not learning Chinese (yet), i'm learning french to survive in France. But this video really, and i mean it, REALLY motivates me to learn french even harder and smarter. If Naran, could learn one of the most difficult languages in the world in less than a year, then why can't i learn french?

[@serovenientibus8936]

Just Naran is too smart

[@fiona2396]

Тёзка!!! Бурятка!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 我叫 Narana!! 😂😂

[@paulwalther5237]

Interesting story. With language learning motivation is huge. There are so many difficult aspects of the language and it takes a lot of motivation to overcome and learn them - idioms, grammar, vocabulary, etc. I think I'm most motivated to learn vocabulary because it helps the most. Less so with grammar but there's still a lot of motivation. Regarding pronunciation.. the bare minimum is ok for me. I mean, who wouldn't want great pronunciation but it requires a lot of work. I know you say she did this in 3 months but she's relatively young, talented, working on it full time, and motivated to be an actress in China. Speaking of which, how did she get the idea of becoming an actress in China if she didn't even speak Chinese??

[@lillekorn]

"Naran’s path to securing the role was no easy feat. Surpassing 15,000 contestants, she emerged as one of the final 20 chosen for an exclusive six-month training camp. Diligently, she mastered old Chinese, dance, the guqin and combat techniques with a rigorous regimen." So basically looks like the bootcamp was where the final decision to cast her was made, and all the work she did paid off.

[@shinyeee1709]

FYI she was also picking up small modeling and acting gigs in music videos around China & other Mandarin speaking countries. When she was casted for the movie, she had no choice but to learn Mandarin fluently. All the young, newbie casts were required to train for 6 months in a boot camp. So she had an incubation period to learn Mandarin while others were learning horse riding, archery, etc. Generally Chinese movies are not often dubbed compared to dramas. Her looks played a major part in getting the role because the director wanted the fox demon character to be different from previous versions. Feng Shen Bang has been adapted into film and dramas many times before with a Su Daji being portrayed similarly has the individual who caused the Shang’s Kingdom’s downfall. Her version of Su Daji changed the character from what people were familiar with.

[@dontusethesamenicknameonthenet]

guess ill read loudly chinese sentences since i also want a gigachad face 😭 even tho im focusing on reading&understanding + listening so i can do the exercises lol

[@fantasmagorique6682]

That's really cool, but it only works out once you have enough money and time. And an opportunity to pay for the lessons too (which is quite hard to arrange currently in Russia due to sanctions). I'm Ukrainian and currently I do struggle a lot with money after moving to Russia because me and my family are refugees. And I study Chinese myself, but I definitely know that if you are penniless it's gets extremely hard. So... yeah. I mean, it's quite expected of a person to get to that level of speaking a language if that person has the resources. Nothing insane about it. Give this opportunity to me or anyone else who's truly passionate about the subject and we'll be just as good. But nothing comes for free, so.

[@NanaLunaTik]

❤

[@susuyay]

I had seven seizures trying to read the video title

[@nicoleraheem1195]

I need to view her 8 month Chinese study guide.

[@1MinuteFlipDoc]

it's the personal 1 on 1 coaching that helped.

[@MisterHowzat]

That's great, Teacher Rita. Well done on your coaching! Now, wouldn't it be a good idea that you found someone to coach you on your English pronunciation and diction? I think it would benefit you greatly. Peace!

[@No-ky3kb]

What blockbuster?

[@Devildemon74]

Naran looks like Dilireba

[@Lppt87]

You are saying that’s her real voice? Because in chinese cinema I have heard many actors get dubbed, even if they speak chinese, because they have an accent. So she didn’t even get dubbed?

[@RitaChinese]

No, she did the dubbing herself!

[@shinyeee1709]

Actually it’s NOT Chinese cinemas/movie that get dub (some rare rare rare occasions tho.) It’s the Chinese DRAMA that gets mostly dubbed.

[@stevethea5250]

1:45 2:50 5:58 7:10, 9:20

[@XVa-uj8m]

Do you also teach dialects like Cantonese, Shanghainese or Wenzhounese?

[@RitaChinese]

Hey I was born and raised in Beijing, so I only speak Beijing Mandarin, and unfortunately, I don’t speak other dialects and definitely can’t teach😅

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

Look into Glossika training (ear/ pronunciation training courses for Chinese and now some other languages too). Depending on dialect, the courses are even free. :)

[@sebumpostmortem]

Narana is buriat (Buriatia, a russian republic close to China) from birthplace and her parents are russian + mongolian. Is there any possibility that the mongolian side was from Inner Mongolia where everybody speaks also mandarin? Otherwhise, she must be a high capacity person🤯🤯🤯

[@DiggerWingl]

Apparently she'd from Ilan use so no

[@sikaonan]

i would say she didnt go from zero to movie lead, sounds like she had quite a bit of exposure already

[@scapegoat5143]

Цена тоже потрясающая

[@sophialyudova7647]

63к 🥶 Да уж

[@nack8310]

How did she get the role without speaking Chinese? They took a big risk with her.

[@maqaimayes8800]

do you teach chinese one on one?

[@RitaChinese]

Hey thanks for asking! I haven’t taken tutoring students for couple of years, as I taught in colleges, developed my courses, and been busy making videos, too. If you have any questions about Mandarin learning, you’re very welcome to ask away😊

[@crystalcolforn8598]

Chinese is really hard...just seeing one character i give up people who knows Chinese is a legend for me lol

[@Cheesecake99YearsAgo]

If you find that learning Chinese is difficult It is a symptom of the IQ getting stuck (or just not getting better)😂 You can check the highest IQ countries in the world and you will see China at or near the top So learning Chinese is actually a good way to improve a person's IQ to a certain extent 😅 I am not trying to insult you but providing a description to the symptoms of why learning Chinese is hard Sorry if I hurt your feelings, I have no such intention It is just that when people reach a certain age Their average IQ just stops getting better because of multiple factors

[@crystalcolforn8598]

@@Cheesecake99YearsAgo thank you! doctor now i can understand why Chinese is so hard without even trying to learn it...There are so many educated people on KZbin and you are one lol...o dai com certeza é miserável kkk pqp

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

lol don’t listen to him. It’s not that you’re stupid or low IQ! If you want to study give him a try, even if you don’t learn to read right away! :) The writing is hard but speaking is no worse than any Eastern European language and “tones” are just silent final consonants that influence vowel pronunciation. French has those too, and Norwegian has actual tone. I’m mixed Norwegian / Czech / German and Mandarin pronunciation, at least, doesn’t really include anything that’s not already there in one of my (very European!) heritage languages. Mandarin is influenced heavily by languages to the north of it in Russia which sound more conventionally “European” so it’s an easy starting point. And the grammar is very easy compared to any other commonly studied language. So if you want to learn, happy studying! :)

[@cyantaiiiiii]

I think it has nothing to do with her origin and ethics,for example there are so many abc(American born Chinese),there parents are both Chinese but they grow up in other countries,they can’t speak such good Chinese ,even they learned a lot

[@zouzoudeparis1354]

She is Russian like me…

[@mzkeekos]

She's not an ethnic Russian but of Mongol descent

[@user-xt8ty6hr3p]

Ее мама русскся, отец бурят.

[@shinyeee1709]

Nationality pretty sure is Russian.

[@DiggerWingl]

She's both

[@stoomkracht]

Why always that need to exaggerate? You met her in 2018 for the purpose of Chinese language learning Inl guess. What else would it be..we already see her sitting in class and somehow make it 8 months. Yeah 8 months intensive language training for the 2023 movie. Doesn't make it less impressive. "Getting" a language needs time, consistency and concentration. "archaic Chinese speech and other skills) mainly because of the language barrier. I had to learn the same content as everyone else and at the same pace, but I was a little slower at understanding everything and at that time, I just kept hoping to get better at it so that I could improve faster.“ A little slower means she already understood Chinese at a decent level. If not there is simply nothing to follow.

[@markmuller7962]

She had zero ADHD

[@nillyk5671]

Many Russian people have had a lot of exposure to Chinese even if they don't speak it 🧐.

[@maru3906]

How so? No one who is not close to the border. Also exposure does nothing if you don't learn, it's just a wall of sound with no meaning.

[@LotusBornChild]

Ikr. I'm watching many k and c dramas but still can't form a sentence let alone two words xD

[@maru3906]

@@cristina8868 just a little head start. I agree, but it has nothing to do with my comment. The absolute majority of Russian people are not exposed to Chinese, they have never seen one in person.

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

Probably not, BUT if somebody gave you a Chinese or Korean sentence to REPEAT BACK I bet all that c- and k- drama listening would make for great pronunciation. :)

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

Passive exposure does more than you think. For one thing, spoken exposure gives you a head start on listening practice and pronunciation because you know what the language generally sounds like. Written exposure (package labels, business signs, etc) gives you a large passive written vocabulary- either characters you see a lot and associate with particular things or alphabetic spellings you can mentally match to the strange sounds you hear from passive spoken exposure. You’ll even learn some grammar. Lots of bilingual packaging and signage in my region literally made it so like a week of ear and accent training was all I needed to start doing extensive parts of my daily routine in my target language (which tbf is “easier” for English speakers than Chinese, but multiply any time estimate for “easy” languages by 4 to get a good estimate of how long the same thing will take in Chinese.)

[@nickb220]

was her first teacher refusing to teach spoken chinese a form of elitism/racism?

[@woshinidegege]

There are loads of old-school teachers, who refuse talking with natives and adore their textbooks. They think that talking is useless and unserious, they like only grammar and writing. This type of teachers exist, yeah, they're really severe and conservative, they ignore evrth modern and connected with the internet. I suppose, Naran met one of these old-school teachers, cause she thought this strict person was a professional. In Russia you should try (hardly) to find a progressive teacher among all these "professionals". P.s. These teachers don't now words like "racism" or "elitism", they think that's stupid and that's the new teenagers' naughtiness. They always say "in my times there was nothing frivolous like this, kids now have imagined loads of bizarre things". P.s.2 Most of these old-school teachers are former communists, so they adore all the nations, like "our brothers and sisters", "our comrades of all nations" and etc. In Russia there are over 190 nations and usually it's hard to understand someone's race or nation, cause you can't remember all of the 190+. So... it's hard to be racist in Russia, you never know who the person is and where he's from.

[@m.2383]

>"There are a bunch of sounds that don't really exist in other languages" >highlights ü You do know where you got that letter right? 😅

[@thetheotokos33]

You know that chinese is older than most languages around the globe, right? :X

[@m.2383]

@@thetheotokos33 1) to "play dumb" doesn't have an article (no "the") 2) It doesn't matter whether or not Chinese is old, the claim was that that there are sounds that don't exist in other languages, and "ü" was highlighted. 3) ü isn't Chinese 4) I can see you're passionate, but there's no need to behave like a child in online comments, ok?

[@thetheotokos33]

@@m.2383 Bro, you're the one making unimportant comments. Didn't you realize that? In what way can you help the lady by saying "oh she's lying about this little detail". She may not even know it. 😅

[@socosoul8294]

I don’t think she meant *all* other languages

[@goldHydrangeas]

What was the reason they did hire a native Chinese actress? 🤔 it’s not like there’s shortage of Chinese actresses. Same as Hollywood hiring white actors to play black, Asian or ethnic characters 🙄 as if there’s none available in the world.

[@Malak_Salem]

I had the same question.

[@AdryanRMC]

Well she doesn't look russian, maybe she's from an Asian nation from russia?

[@nack8310]

Russia is a federation of many states. Some have asian populations, although not Chinese.

[@buztuz6206]

First of all she is not arussian she is Türk. Like uygurs which you ignore. Say it she is Turk

[@xyeB]

She’s not a Turk,buryats are mongolic

[@caruya]

Genes 100% chinese

[@user-3aa6234fh]

She’s Buryat. They are Indigenous people of Siberia. Mongolian blood

[@tzenzhongguo]

Siberia belongs to China. Butyatia, Outer Mongolia, Yakutia, Kalmykia all lost territories.

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Those are Mongolian nations though. And Yakutia is Turkic and more close to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan. The languages and cultures are totally different from East Asian China, Japan, Korea (Korean maybe more similar because they are Altaic)

[@fiona2396]

Сначала научись правильно писать "Бурятия"

[@woshinidegege]

Gosh, Kalmykia is very far from China. Did you open the map only once in your life? Also, Mongolia has been attacking both Russia and China in 12 century. So one moment Chingeez-han, the king of Mongolia, became Chinese emperor and then put Inner Mongolia together with China. That's why Inner Mongolia now belongs to China. Chingeez han-was a very big tyrant, so that was his "pay" to China. China never took Yakutia, Russia took it once and afterwards noone was interested in the land full of ice. So Yakutia, Buryatia, the whole Siberia took part only in Russia. The maximum that China was interested in, was Manjuria and Inner Mongolia, which were given them by Chingeez-han. So they were rather busy with Japan people and Hunnu(Great Chinese Wall), they already had enough territory to take care of. They may look alike with Siberian people, but in China there are 58 nationalities and onli Manjurs and Mongolians look alike with Buryatians, Yakutians and other 70+ northern nationalities in a cause of their Mongoloid race. They're not one country. Also Siberians may look alike with native americans, cause many centuries ago one of them has crossed the frozen ocean and moved to the other continent. As you can see, they have the same eyes and cheekbones, i mean, native americans with clean blood, not the european mixes. Does this fact meen, that Alyaska and North America belong to Russia, cause they have the natives which look alike?)) That's with your logic. Btw, Alyaska was also took by Russia and Russia sold it to America then. Interesting fact, yeah?

[@user-mf2sj7rd6m]

Someone has been listening to too much CCP propaganda lol

[@tomigrgicevic]

Haha, 8 months from zero Chinese to proficiency.!! A real joke. A beautiful fairy tale for kids. Why all these lies? Just to attract more potential new customers? I find it very dishonest to falsely present to people who are starting to learn Chinese that Chinese can be learned in 1 or 2 years if you have good methods. It is simply not possible!!!!! Unfortunately...

[@LHITShappy]

wow what an inspirational story, I guess I should speak in Mandarin more often then. I didn't know she's a Russian, I thought she's from Xinjiang or something. 7:11 haha it seems learning Mandarin would turn you into a gigacha :P as a native Canton speaker who rarely uses Mandarin, I still have trouble with pronouncing certain words in Mandarin and even my grammar is a bit off at times, so usually I would just talk in English with my fellow oversea Chinese students because I don't want to embarrass myself with my semi-broken Mandarin.

[@Jellybean-gz4cj]

I’m a native Cantonese speaker too. I encourage you to keep practicing. I’m determined to level up in my Mandarin-speaking skills too. It will open up so many more opportunities for us to connect with others. 加油！

[@anahitaghvanyan1152]

She doesn't look anything russian. Probably russian citizen with pther distinct nationality

[@Jellybean-gz4cj]

Cantonese is my mother tongue. It’s a fun language that enables one to connect with many people. However, mandarin is more widely spoken, and enables connection with even more people. It’s good for everyone to level up themselves with more languages so we can all connect and gain more understanding with fellow human beings. Thank you for your question.