Chinese president Xi Jinping attends the bilateral meeting with Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on January 18 2020.Facebook Inc on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.
A statement about the visit published on Suu Kyi’s official Facebook page was littered with references to “Mr Shithole” when translated to English, while a headline in local news journal the Irrawaddy appeared as “Dinner honours president shithole”.
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