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

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

Bro, 16 minutes!
Any summery?

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!

Sama la macam CCP Chinese vs Malaysia Chinese

安瓦尔 vs 安华

Always CCP version take precedence