Multilingual: Nur Afifah in action during the competition in Henan.
BEIJING: The father of Nur Afifah Elias was so adamant that she learn Mandarin in school that he even looked in the Chinese shops near their home in Tikam Batu, Kedah, for someone to help her with the homework.
The 22-year-old Beijing Foreign Studies University student said that her neighbours also chipped in to help her with the lessons.
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