• CamaradaD
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      It’s not uncommon for some leaders to learn and practice other languages, even if rarely use them in public. It’s a useful skill and even more useful if you can pretend you don’t know the other language (especially an enemy’s language).

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      Prior to the 2nd Sino-Japanese war, many east Asian revolutionary figures in exile studied Politics, Western science, military tactics in Japan, like Sun Yat Sen, Chen Duxiu, etc.