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China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-17 07:58
Cao Jingjing, 8, from Wuhan, Hubei's provincial capital
Cao's parents, both Wuhan natives, can speak Mandarin but talk in the Wuhan dialect at home.
Cao started to study Mandarin at kindergarten, age 3. Before that she could speak a little Wuhan dialect.
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