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China: Party Mouthpiece Urges Not to Use Non-Chinese Words

Written byOiwan Lam
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Posted 30 April 2014 11 years ago

The Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily has been advocating the public to stop the direct use of non-Chinese words such as “iPhone” and “Wi-fi” in the Chinese language. Anthony Tao from Beijing Cream compared such attitude with autism.

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    […] China: Party Mouthpiece Urges Not to Use Non-Chinese Words The Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily has been advocating the public to stop the direct use of non-Chinese words such as “iPhone” and “Wi-fi” in the Chinese language. Anthony Tao from Beijing Cream compared such attitude with autism. Read more on Global Voices Online […]

    29 May 2014, 4:12 am

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