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    Buffett sings in video for China's New Year gala

    BEIJING (AP) — A hugely popular Chinese Lunar New Year variety show has a special guest star playing the ukulele: American billionaire Warren Buffett.

    Buffett is shown wearing a dark sweat shirt and singing the folk song "I've Been Working On The Railroad" in the video posted on state broadcaster CCTV's "Spring Festival Gala" website Sunday.

    There are no details on the website about where the 45-second clip was shot, but Buffett appears to be sitting in a small room with an elaborate model railroad set up in the background.

    The video's simplicity contrasts with other performances posted on the website of the gala, which is usually a flashy extravaganza that draws 800 million viewers.

     

    16 comments

    • mad  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      And Obama sings " I'll win in in November :
      • Jonathan 4 mths ago
        Thank god Herman Cain - Rick Perry dropped out. Now it's a for sure win and I will be voting for Obama in 2012........
      • jimmybeernuts 4 mths ago
        Why? Give me four more years and this time I will make our country safer, more financially stable, and less dependant on foriegn oil? He had the ability to do anything when the democrats contolled the house and he did nothing. Now he is blaming everyone else for our dire situation. I would have voted for him too if he made positive ground. Now I am not sure who will get my vote.
    • sniper assassin  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      well, it appears warren buffet is bullish on china... and being the most successful investor of all times, maybe we should listen to his song and watch where he puts his money.
    • sniper assassin  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      who sang first, obama or buffet? who sang better? interesting that buffet chose the railroad song as chinese were imported in the mid-1800's to help build the transcontinental railroad - and when they were done, congress passed the chinese exclusion act that barred further chinese immigration to america until it was repealed during ww2 since at that time china was our ally and not our perceived potential adversary.
    • Earl  •  4 mths ago
      Mr. Buffet may have good tidings for China because he may have seen something positive. Not only that, to have sung with his ukelele makes it more promising for a man who is not known to be a lover of music, or some kind of inclination in the Concert's Hall Performing Arts.
    • At  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      Dang I thought I was gonna get Jimmy Buffett! #$%$ you Yahoo!
    • Chinese Man  •  4 mths ago
      What an ignorant reporter of AP.....There's NO Chinese Lunar New Year or American New Year.......It should be just LUNAR NEW YEAR, OK, idiot.
    • MDYB  •  4 mths ago
      Oh, that Buffet. I thought it was the other one.
    • rick  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      happy chinese lunar new yr happy spring festival!!!
    • mitchel  •  Fortaleza, Brazil  •  4 mths ago
      "I've been working on the railroad", nice considing the labor was Chinese
    • jeff  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      maybe it's just me - but I prefer the music of his nephew.
    • Bled State Warrior  •  4 mths ago
      81 years old and his chinese wife will soon be the richest woman in the world. Or maybe the Facebook CEO's girlfriend.
      • uggtard 4 mths ago
        i think rupert murdoch is the one with a chinese wife. murdoch also has a mansion in china. fox news is owned by china and saudi arabia
      • spunky 4 mths ago
        Pre-nup..packet chop..
    • expletive_xom  •  Surfside, California  •  4 mths ago
      800 million viewers? holy crap....how much do commercials cost?
      • Groucho Marxist 4 mths ago
        This yearly broadcast traditionally has zero commercials. Happy Dragon year!
    • THOMAS  •  Chattanooga, Tennessee  •  4 mths ago
      Copycat, Obama did it first.
    • Justin Saane  •  4 mths ago
      i'm ordering the sweet and sour tofu...
    • spunky  •  Warren, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      Why did his wife punch him too....?
    • Max  •  Port Orchard, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      they rip us off, they over work there people, they have killed there people. Its unfair there trade with us. and now that they done all this. we not only give them money but we ask for money from them, and we kiss up to them are you kidding me! I know what we should do, why don't we started kicking people out of the USA that seem to hate her, and I have a funny feeling in five years we be back to what we use to be. strong and proud and powerful. But as long as we have people in the USA that get away with getting rich and doing ever thing they can to bring her down shame her and blame her we never will. Like this fat jerk and the other one you know Mike M the rich guy that got rich hating the USA. How sick. come on lets all say it together may God Bless the USA and her people and make us strong again. Amen!
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