Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions(scmp.com)

14 pointsby akyuu9 maanden geleden5 comments

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3328782/sending-message-beijing-issues-documents-without-word-format-amid-us-tensions

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N19PEDL29 maanden geleden

Strange that they chose WPS Office’s proprietary format [1] over the Chinese open standard Uniform Office Format [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office#File_format

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Office_Format

leakycap9 maanden geleden

No one ever missed a Word document.

thenthenthen9 maanden geleden

The domestic clones are not much better… for one, you need to use your phone number (and thus ID) to even start these apps.

_wire_9 maanden geleden

Ay, tariffs are finally delivering!

beardyw9 maanden geleden

I mean, Word format is not the only format is it. This may be news to some, I hope not on HN, but maybe to the headline writer.

feminintendo9 maanden geleden