China Crackdown On Foreign Names

HOLD FOR STORY NO FOREIGN NAMES A view of a Vienna International Hotel in Sanya city in southern China's Hainan province Thursday, June 20, 2019. The hotel chain is amongst 84 names listed by the Civil Affairs Department in Hainan whose names are in need to be “cleaned up” due to various reasons including “worship and have blind faith in foreign things”. China is cracking down on “foreign” names under a new campaign, stirring controversy amid a government-backed tide of rising nationalistic sentiment. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT