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Thread starter PLC1
Start date Dec 22, 2010

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Dec 22, 2010

China bars English words in all publications

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.

Didn't the French take a similar stance not too long ago?

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