Yang Shuping, a graduate student at the University of Maryland in the United States, who praised United States' fresh air and freedom of speech has been forced to apologise after she was slammed as a liar and told to stay in America by nationalistic netizens. Photo: Handout
Yang Shuping, a graduate student at the University of Maryland in the United States, who praised United States' fresh air and freedom of speech has been forced to apologise after she was slammed as a liar and told to stay in America by nationalistic netizens. Photo: Handout
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Mind your language when addressing foreign audiences

Two recent cases of Chinese nationals abroad highlights the need for people to think twice about what they say and do when in the public eye

SCMP Editorial
SCMP Editorial

Updated: 12:47am, 31 May, 2017

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Yang Shuping, a graduate student at the University of Maryland in the United States, who praised United States' fresh air and freedom of speech has been forced to apologise after she was slammed as a liar and told to stay in America by nationalistic netizens. Photo: Handout
Yang Shuping, a graduate student at the University of Maryland in the United States, who praised United States' fresh air and freedom of speech has been forced to apologise after she was slammed as a liar and told to stay in America by nationalistic netizens. Photo: Handout
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