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Off-topic, but is anyone aware of many English-language news publications respecting the switch to family given name ordering? The only one I know of is the Eco
by KwanEsq 7y ago
Off-topic, but is anyone aware of many English-language news publications respecting the switch to family given name ordering? The only one I know of is the Economist.
- umanwizard 7y agoIt’s pretty common to see for Chinese and Korean names. I never read about “Jinping Xi” or “Jong-un Kim”.
- currymj 7y agohistorically, Japan officially used Western name order when communicating in Western languages. but this year it was switched, with requests going out to media organizations to update their style guides.
- aikinai 7y agoJust this week I saw a good article about this[0]. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/media/japan-abe-shinzo-name-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/media/japan-abe-shinzo-name-i...
- KwanEsq 7y agoThanks, that was interesting and illuminating.