“They need me to look for political mistakes.” “Political mistakes? Like what?” “Like Taiwan and Hong Kong, for example. Or another example: the other day there was a reference to South Korea as ’Korea.’ That is not acceptable. Because there are two Koreas, South Korea and North Korea, and one Korea cannot represent both Koreas. If we have that, North Korea will call China Daily and be very upset with us.” “I see.” I pulled out a proofreading sheet and found a story that mentioned Taiwan as a Chinese province. “Hey, I found a political mistake here. Shouldn’t this say ’China and Taiwan,’ which are two separate countries? Like North and South Korea?” Silence. Wang grabbed the paper and held the sheet of paper inches from his glasses. “I’m joking,” I said. Wang just laughed nervously.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:42:00 +0000
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