Winter 2021 Open Thread | 62 comments (62 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Beware of Greek letters.. (none / 0)

After Delta Airlines:

Tonight, I have a thought for Omicron, an Austrian company whose brand image has dramatically and suddenly changed today thanks to @WHO. pic.twitter.com/aaLgug5Lj0
— Pierre Morcos (@morcos_pierre) November 27, 2021

by Bernard (bernard) on Sun Nov 28th, 2021 at 11:50:58 AM EST
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Re: Beware of Greek letters.. (none / 0)

If @WHO really cared about not "causing offense", maybe they could start by not using our beautiful Greek alphabet to name the strains of one of the deadliest global pandemics on record. https://t.co/AfGzbw4MNg
— The Greek Analyst (@GreekAnalyst) November 28, 2021

According to Wiki, Xi is not such a "common" Chinese last name, coming only at number 108.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sun Nov 28th, 2021 at 09:34:04 PM EST
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Re: Beware of Greek letters.. (none / 0)

Perhaps Chinese characters?

冒犯中國國家主席習近平

Translation:
".. causing offense to Chinese president Xi Jinping."

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 28th, 2021 at 10:58:01 PM EST
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"Sick man of Asia"? (none / 0)

China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over 'racist' headline on coronavirus op-ed

At a regularly scheduled news briefing Wednesday a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said China objected to an essay published in the Journal's editorial pages earlier this month with the headline, "China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia."

by Cat on Mon Nov 29th, 2021 at 03:49:24 PM EST
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Operation Mockingbird - CIA Agents Provocateurs

Fits the Murdoch agents in China, took the CCP long enough!

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Nov 29th, 2021 at 05:59:55 PM EST
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Again? Hasn't China already expelled a WSJ journalist one or two years ago? Also for the crime of lèse-majesté?

Are Xi's minions making it an habit? Let's kick a foreign journalist out for Christmas...

by Bernard (bernard) on Mon Dec 13th, 2021 at 07:51:04 PM EST
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