How 'Eleven Jinping' cost a Doordarshan newsreader his job

September 19, 2014 13:11

An embarrassing faux pas has proved costly for a Doordarshan newsreader. A newsreader mistook 'Xi' in Chinese President Xi Jinping's name to be the Roman letter for 11 and read the name as Eleven Jinping.

The newsreader has been removed.

The mistake happened during a late night bulletin which is generally read by 'casual' newsreaders since the regulars do not prefer to work at that time.

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