Mandarin fluency aids reporters

It seems that speaking Mandarin is becoming more important for foreign reporters working in China, especially those attending a news conference with Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday.

Seven foreign journalists got the opportunity to question Li. Five of them, including reporters from Financial Times, Bloomberg and Korean Broadcasting System, asked in Chinese.

After hearing a question about Chinese buying houses in key cities around the world from the Financial Times, Li praised his fluent Mandarin and asked whether he had bought houses in China.