Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions

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For the first time, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued policy announcements in documents only accessible via domestic software last week

There was a possibility to start sharing in a open format so everyone can read it. But they chose to use one even more closed then Microsofts format.

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Word can open ODT. They’re trying to spite Microsoft Office, and using a format like ODT doesn’t do that as well.

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Wps opens and saves all Microsoft formats but Microsoft has ignored wps

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