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ChrisW

@CTW1959

Retired diplomat

Katılım Mart 2022
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@BBCSport : oh BBC, how many times do you have to be told about Chinese names? Family names come first, so you should have “Murphy v Fan”….
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@BBCSport - can your snooker commentators please take some lessons in pronouncing Chinese names? Zhang An-dar, not “ander”. And if they are using surnames, then it is Zhao.. not Xintong
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@BBCNews - sort out your grammar! As written, the woman victim was sent to jail 🤦🏻‍♂️ Replace “and” with “who” to make it make sense…
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@BBCWorld No, no, no BBC! The memorial to the USS Arizona is at Pearl Harbour (Honolulu, Hawaii). Abe did not go to Arizona🤦🏻‍♂️
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@BBCWorld - Don’t think you mean what you wrote here! >100 people were killed in an effort to contain the virus? No: >100 people died; and a million pigs were culled in the effort…
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@BBCLBicker - no, Beijing wasn’t. At the time the UN was established, the “Chinese” seat was held by the Republic of China (ie Taiwan)…
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@BBCNews : you need to brush up on your honours… ranks of KBE and DBE aren’t exclusive to Diplomatic Service and Overseas List - Jayne Torville is DBE on national list. And ranks for Order of British Empire include GBE & KBE/DBE.
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@gtconway3d Curious graphic design… Surely the red cross-out should be on top of the crown?
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@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCPolitics⁩ - why do you presume that Reform will win the next election? You write Reform “will do” this, that and the other.. Surely the correct verbal mode is “Reform would do X, Y” … if they were to win! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCWorld⁩ - “peaked”!!! Not “piqued”… Where are your editors, BBC? Can barely read an article without spelling or grammar mistakes these days 🤦🏻‍♂️
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@AndyBounds @leahyjoseph Just (v late!) saw FT piece 17 June (“EU spurns economic dialogue”): EU-China Summit always led by Premier on Chinese side, & separate meeting with XJP when summit in Beijing. So not a snub by XJP as you write. (Am former Deputy EU Ambassador in Beijing.)
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@BBCSport - can someone have a word with the on-court interviewer at Queen’s Club? The pronunciation of Zheng Qinwen’s given names are “Chin-wen” not “Kin-wen”. They might learn to pronounce the names properly before they interview…
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Here we go again ⁦@BBCWorld⁩ - when are you going to get Chinese names right? The new bishop’s family name is LIN, given names Yuantan. So you should refer to bishop Lin 🤦🏻‍♂️ The report refers to Mao Zedong, or Chairman Mao, so you should get this! bbc.com/news/articles/…
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The King and Queen have visited the recently regenerated Bradford Live, where they joined a reception with local artists and young people who have been supported by @KingsTrust, including alumni Steven Frayne - formerly known as Dynamo - who managed to change all of the WiFi names. Their Majesties watched a rehearsal by local pupils of ‘Sing, Dance, Leap’, an education programme run by @Northernballet and @Opera_North across the city.
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