Posted on 02/01/2008 3:42:17 PM PST by naturalman1975
THE latest Chinese blockbuster is not about a boy wizard, although the hero of the tale looks a bit like him. Appropriately, for the Chinese Year of the Rat, it's about a politician - Lu Kewen, better known here as Kevin Rudd.
Fujian Education Press is so convinced the "legendary life" of Lu Kewen will run off the shelves it has ordered its biggest ever print run.
The introduction to the biography gives readers a hint of the excitement to follow: "This book will fully interpret the legendary life of Lu Kewen. How he was born in a poor family in 1957, how he stepped into the palace of success through endeavour and effort, how he fought in the political waves and stepped proudly through the tide."
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
There is some truth in it... but he attended one of Australia's more expensive private schools.
As an almost penniless orphan, who had the same opportunity - to attend a very good school through the charity of others - I have to say that that changes everything.
Rudd does his best to conceal the facts about his schooling from the voters.
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