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Danwei Noon Report
Private property and Hugo ChavezPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, August 23, 2006 8:38 AM
Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources.  Communist fashion victims Hugo Chavez, or Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, President of Venezuela as Xinhua calls him, arrived in Beijing yesterday. He will stay for six days and will discuss trade, energy cooperation, and matters with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and "top legislator" Wu Bangguo (Xinhua - link). Also in town this week for an official visit is Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (Xinhua - link. As you can see from the image of Manh and Hu Jintao above, there seems to be a new uniform for East Asian leaders of ostensibly communist countries: dark blue two buttoned suit and dark red tie (image from Xinhua - link). Private property rights Xinhua tabloid Muzi Mei looks for husband |
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Comments on Private property and Hugo Chavez
It's 'flyshow', not 'flypig'. ;P
Oops. Sorry to turn you into a matchmaker.
I thought I was already married to Muzi Mei....hmmmm?
Dear Jeremy,
You poke fun of the way Xinhua refers to Hugo Chavez but at least they get the Vietnamese leader's name right. Danwei (or is it Danwei/Onion) wrongly refers to Nong Duc Manh as Nong on second mention. The Vietnamese leader is rightly called Manh.
Although Vietnamese names parallel Chinese names in surname-given name word order, it is generally Southeast Asian custom to refer to leaders by their given names, not surnames, ie Thaksin rather than Shinawatra or Manh rather than Nong.
Phil
Thanks Phil, the Danwei Onion stands corrected and the text above has been amended.