到任不久后,他把约70名中外记者邀请到自己的官邸,用流利的汉语普通话向他们问好,并告诉他们“四处看看,就像在家里一样”。
Upon arriving at the new assignment, he invited about 70 Chinese and foreign journalists to his residence, greeted them with fluent Chinese Mandarin and told them to "take a look around and make yourselves at home".