Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions (scmp.com)

No one ever missed a Word document.

I mean, Word format is not the only format is it. This may be news to some, I hope not on HN, but maybe to the headline writer.

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Strange that they chose WPS Office’s proprietary format [1] over the Chinese open standard Uniform Office Format [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office#File_format

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Office_Format