is she married..?

the chinese family of languages is tonal and any translation of a foreign name is mainly based on homophonic transliteration

based on dis rule alone there will most certainly be more than 1 character to choose for every syllable in a foreign word cos many characters have close or similar sounding tones

wat the lipoter was insinuating was whether china changed the characters used in rubio's name to wat was worded in the sanctions document so as to technically skirt the sanctions

and the answer to dat is most certainly no because they r sanctioning the person, not the name (or how it's written)

if jho low changed his name to "jo loh" or "jho lo", his ass would still b wanted

This type of question should not even be asked. It just show how clueless is the reporter and he’s representing a major mainstream newspaper

I’ve seen this question being raised by multiple analysts, so it’s not a stupid question. See they avoided answering the question.

So Maco using Chinese name to enter China? I thought he hated anything Chinese.

U believe PRC will simply use different characters for the sanction name for no reason? It’s likely a move that try to reduce embarrassment when facing their own PRC community regarding the sanctioned person.

Bro, 16 minutes!
Any summery?

Skip to minute 7.

Sama la macam CCP Chinese vs Malaysia Chinese

安瓦尔 vs 安华

Always CCP version take precedence

This

whats her name?
got hot pics?

What is there to answer? There is no definite way to pronounce the name. It's an absurd question and the China lady was stumped by the stupidity of the question. LOL!

Or she could acknowledged that as typo/error and answer whether the same fella is still being sanctioned even though he is now top official in Trump’s administration.

What has changed?

The change, noted in an official transcript from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, involves replacing the character for Rubio’s surname with one of a similar pronunciation but a different tone.

Rubio’s Chinese name was previously rendered as 卢比奥 (Lú Bǐ Ào). The new version uses the character 鲁 (Lǔ) for the first syllable. While both characters are pronounced similarly, the tones differ, and their meanings—"black" (卢) versus "simple" or "rustic" (鲁)—bear no particular significance in this context.

While seemingly minor, such adjustments are rare and require high-level approval and often carry symbolic significance in Chinese diplomacy.

“Official names are important and any misspelling can create international confusion,” Tom Pauken II, a Beijing-based American geopolitical consultant and commentator, tells TRT World.

“If Marco Rubio’s name on China’s official and diplomatic documents (with the changed Chinese characters) are different than the one on the sanctions list, we can infer that the US Secretary of State is not on the sanctions list,” he contends.

Pauken suggests that this basically means that there “is no travel ban on Rubio.”





It is an absolutely correct qns to ask. TS knew nothing at all. It is china's way of working around the sanction.

This post has been edited by Adrian909: Jan 25 2025, 12:54 PM

Bad comparison, the different name used now is by CCP authority themselves, not by different country.

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Sounds like Trump is cozying up to Xi. If so, expect no to little wholesale tariffs on CCP China exports to USA, eg only 10% tariffs.

Made-in-China products are at least 30% cheaper than Made-in-USA products because of very high labor, utilities and infrastructure costs in USA. A 10% tariff by USA won't impact imports from China.
........ OTOH, EV imports from China had gotten 100% US tariff by Biden = such EVs from China could not sell in USA.
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Bodo

NY Times reporter should ask why so many Chinese migrants try to sneak into the US illegally through the Mexican border.

When will China collapse since so many are fleeing ?

Heavy taste