Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to Pakistan has been sated with rhetoric extol of mutual love between both countries, however the name chosen for a new joint think tank has left some social media users in titters.
Dedicated to research on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $ 46 billion plan linking China’s restive west to the Arabian Sea, the newly inaugurated Research and Development International (RANDI) organisation has been widely ridiculed because its acronym sounds like “whore” in Urdu and Hindi.
Social media users, including many from India, have latched on to the name as a form of commentary on Sino-Pak relations, saying the South Asian country has now been “bought by China”.
“Well, that’s an unfortunate name for a think tank,” tweeted Fatima Bhutto, a writer and political activist, in one of the more understated responses.
Suits Punjabis with China.
This can be RDI (Research & Development International)
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