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China bars English words in all publications

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Is China "intolerant"?

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China bars English words in all publications

Dec 22 12:02 PM US/Eastern

AFP- Chinese newspapers, books and websites will no longer be allowed to use English words and phrases, the country's publishing body has announced, saying the "purity" of the Chinese language is in peril.

The General Administration of Press and Publication, which announced the new rule on Monday, said the increasing use of English words and abbreviations in Chinese texts had caused confusion and was a means of "abusing the language".

Such practices "severely damaged the standard and purity of the Chinese language and disrupted the harmonious and healthy language and cultural environment, causing negative social impacts," the body said on its website.

"It is banned to mix at will foreign language phrases such as English words or abbreviations with Chinese publications, creating words of vague meaning that are not exactly Chinese or of any foreign language," it said.

"Publishing houses and the media must further strengthen the regulated use of foreign languages and respect the structure, glossary and grammar of the Chinese and foreign languages."

GAPP said companies which violated the regulation would face "administrative punishment" without offering specifics. FULL STORY

Just imagine if we did this about Spanish in the US

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Comrade Scratchanitc,

This tries to make it sound like there is one monolithic language called Chinese.

Reality does vary somewhat, they are actually called Sinitic language(s).

Trying to remain pure will be like a Chinese fire drill. [massive confusion]

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Oh heck, 'taint nothing the French haven't done.

(Fricken Francophiles)

The People's Pancreas
Why would they stop printing in English?
When you read Chinese, you'll just have to read it again in an hour.
It's a waste of time.

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They really don't like us, do they? That's a shame, considering we consume most of their products. And considering some of our government officials are doing their best to adopt China's governmental model.. Hm. How would they print an American name or title in Mandarin or Cantonese? I'm not sure how accurate their alphabet would imitate the sounds of English...

Then again, how could anyone love America? We're a horrible, chaotic place that allows free thought and people can move up in society, making more money than their neighbor. That's a downright sin.

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Copy cats! The FCC started that first, did they not. All these peoples are just copying dear Leader.

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Fraulein Pulloskies wrote:Copy cats! The FCC started that first, did they not. All these peoples are just copying dear Leader.

Hmmpf! As it is, the only way we can get any English out of you (or Mrs. Al) is by hitting you with a pool cue.

(broken English at that)

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I'll break your English, Whoopie, if you ever try parking your pool cue there again!! &%$#@!!!!

The Politburo decided that they will continue to allow printing English on glorious slave-labor products destined for USSA, temporarily, until they can open enough Confusion Institutes to educate our next generation all to read Chinese, then English words will be banned for good. The Cube must be ready and convert all article archives at that time.

https://www.sonorannews.com/archives/20 ... inese.html
Communism in the classroom, courtesy Chinese Communist Party

While his teachings are strictly outlawed there, China uses Confucius' name to sell its language and culture program to the Western world...

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China bars political dissident access to lawyersFri Dec 24, 2010 11:03am GMT
By Sui-Lee Wee

BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent human rights advocates, who was charged in June for subversion, has been denied access to his lawyers, a move that rights activists say sets the stage for a hasty and covert trial.

Liu Xianbin, 42, was charged with "incitement to subvert state power" for his articles that included his reflections on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's arrest, Liu Xianbin's wife, Chen Mingxian, told Reuters by telephone.

The move to deny Liu Xianbin legal representation comes just as China has come under pressure from the international community for its human rights record, most recently for its harsh punishment of the Nobel laureate.

China, which jailed Liu Xiaobo for 11 years last year for "incitement to subvert state power," has called the Nobel award a "political farce."
Almost one year to the date that the Chinese government jailed Liu Xiaobo, many Chinese dissidents who have been charged in highly sensitive cases involving state secrets or subversion charges have been languishing in legal limbo as it is not unusual for authorities to severely curtail access to lawyers or family members. FULL STORY

A long time ago, family rights advocates started referring to the unconstitutional family courts as "China courts" because they are the same thing.

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Shouldn't we follow suit and set up a plan to revise this site to write in the Mother Language?

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Commissar_Elliott wrote:Shouldn't we follow suit and set up a plan to revise this site to write in the Mother Language?


Which mother language? Russian or Chinese? Was German called the Father language? I don't recall.

Or is whatever country taken over by communists and fascists their "mother country"?

I get a tad confused by all the officious BS, yanno?

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Vladimir_Scratchanitch wrote:
Commissar_Elliott wrote:Shouldn't we follow suit and set up a plan to revise this site to write in the Mother Language?


Which mother language? Russian or Chinese? Was German called the Father language? I don't recall.

Or is whatever country taken over by communists and fascists their "mother country"?

I get a tad confused by all the officious BS, yanno?
Russian, and I catch your drift comrade.


 
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