Which American President, when he wanted to speak to his wife in private, spoke to her in Mandarin Chinese ?
Friday, July 16th, 2010 at
12:46 am
The Great Engineer and Humanitarian.
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Herbert Hoover
This is absolutely correct as to being Herbert Hoover. This comes from the time they were first married and he had taken a mining engineering job in China. They got married and immediately shipped out to China. It turned out they were there during the Boxer Rebellion. To do his work and her involvement with the people of China, they learned Mandarin Chinese and this served they well not only in the White House but in his overseas jobs for the American government.