He isn't even the stupidest one but it's close.
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Truth nuke.
the fact that the character 鲁 used to transcribe the first part of his surname ("Ru") means dull is coincidental. There are some standards according to which foreign names are transcribed to Chinese, and this is what Ru happens to translate to. Previously it was a different character because they used a different standard. Usage of 鲁 in his name isn't new either, according to Chinese wikipedia it's been used since as far back as 2015 by some news agency in China. It's only recently that the chinese government caught up too.
yeah, is it just me or are half the posts on politics from clickbaity websites that have no context, or nuance. or they're opinion pieces where someone got SLAMMED and this is for sure the last straw. I'm starting to think the problem on reddit wasn't reddit, but that people just suck lol. maybe I just need to find a new instance.
He is stupid, but in this case (banned from the country for criticizing China's treatment of Uigher Muslims) he happens to be right.
Wow. I didn't think there was any integrity in Trumps cabinet.
Or maybe he can't even spell Uyghur and was looking for any stick to beat China with
This US government has no leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing other governments treatment of their own citizens
What is the diplomatic fix?
And how did they change his name?
They didn't actually change his name, they just transliterated it with different characters. Names of non-Chinese people all need to have Chinese characters so people in China know how to pronounce them.
Sometimes these characters have no special meaning, but other times the meaning of the characters chosen may flatter or unflatter the namesake. In this case it sounds like the Chinese government chose some characters with not-so-charitable meanings to transliterate "Marco Rubio".
That change is that technical fix that allowed him to enter the country, since "Marco Rubio" with the previous spelling is sanctioned and banned from China.
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My device "fails verification" wtf
Same here
Thanks for sharing the site. But how is anyone supposed to remember that web address 🤔
Just bookmark it lol.