A news anchor for India’s state TV channel has been fired after she referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as “Eleven” Jinping — apparently mistaking his name for a Roman numeral, a top official at the station said Friday last week.
Xi left for China on Friday last week after a three-day visit to India, where he signed more than a dozen agreements to push trade and investment between the two Asian giants. The anchor for the Doordarshan news channel made the gaffe on Wednesday night last week while she read a late night news bulletin. She was dismissed after the blunder was discovered, the TV station official said. The anchor was a “casual” employee, working temporarily, and not a regular staffer, he said. He asked that his name not be used because he did not want to comment publicly on the matter.
(AP)
印度國營電視台高層上週五表示，該電視台一名新聞主播因把中國國家主席習近平的習念成「十一」，已被炒魷魚。該位主播顯然是把「習」的英文拼音「Xi」看成羅馬數字的「XI」（即數字十一）。
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習近平上週五結束三天的印度行程返回中國。他在這三天與印度簽署十多個推動關於這兩個亞洲強國相互間的貿易投資協議。這起Doordarshan新聞台女主播口誤事件發生在上週三晚間，當時她正播報夜間新聞快訊。該電視台主管表示，在這起大紕漏被發現後，這名女主播即被革職。他表示，這名主播是臨時雇用員工，而非編制內人員。這名主管不想對此事件公開表示意見，因而要求不透露其姓名。
（美聯社／翻譯：林亞蒂）
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