What's in a name? China paper blasts foreign nomenclature

What's in a name? China paper blasts foreign nomenclature Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2016 - For many aspiring Chinese, living in a chateau would be a dream come true. But bourgeois apartments with foreign names are the latest victims of a wide-ranging crackdown on "Western values" by Communist authorities. A state-run newspaper lashed out Tuesday at the widespread adoption of foreign names in China. Many traditional local place names, such as those for streets, fell out of favo ... more

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