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China strives for linguistic purity (The Age.com)

December 24, 2010

Common English abbreviations have been blacklisted in China, Susan Stumme reports from Beijing.

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. Read more...