{"id":155617,"date":"2026-08-04T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155617"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:00:06","slug":"vip-app-ppt-are-english-abbreviations-harming-chinas-cultural-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155617","title":{"rendered":"VIP, APP, PPT: Are English abbreviations harming China\u2019s cultural confidence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese speaker today might describe their day at work as first making a \u201cPPT\u201d (a PowerPoint presentation) and then having to \u201cPS tu\u201d (Photoshop an image). After clocking off, they might \u201cchang K\u201d (sing karaoke) with friends before taking the \u201cC wei\u201d (centre spot) in a group photo.<br \/>\nThese novel phrases spring from the widespread habit of adopting English abbreviations directly into daily speech, usually pronounced letter by letter.<br \/>\nWhile this is the organic result of cultural exchange, the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3362958\/vip-app-ppt-are-english-abbreviations-harming-chinas-cultural-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese speaker today might describe their day at work as first making a \u201cPPT\u201d (a PowerPoint presentation) and then having to \u201cPS tu\u201d&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}