At least he didn’t say ‘ideograms’

An AFP article, “Close encounters on rise as UFOs seize imagination of Chinese”, tells of Sun Shili, a 67-year-old retired Beijing professor who was once a Spanish translator for Mao Zedong during high-level state visits. Sun is looking forward to meeting extra-terrestrials.

Sun says language will not be a problem. “We expect to communicate using telepathy,” he says.

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