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Chinese Grandma Goes Viral Singing in 6 Foreign Languages

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A 62-year-old Chinese woman, known online as @Auntie Ru, has gained significant popularity on social media for her multilingual singing. Despite not speaking standard Mandarin or English fluently, she has performed over 100 songs in six languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Hindi, and Italian. Her videos, often filmed in scenic locations, feature her singing popular hits by artists like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber, and have attracted a large following. AI

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Chinese Grandma Goes Viral Singing in 6 Foreign Languages

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Chinese grandma who struggles with Mandarin sings in 6 foreign languages

    A 62-year-old woman from southern China, who cannot speak standard Mandarin or recognise the English alphabet, has gone viral on social media for singing over 100 songs in six different languages. Li Deru, known online as @Auntie Ru, boasts 800,000 followers and has garnered mill…

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