From CRIENGLISH.com:
Controversy Over Child Named "D"
2005-11-06 11:29:13
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As society diversifies and individual freedom increases, Chinese parents are racking their brains to give what is often their only child a unique name, sometimes a strange one.
In Dengfeng city, some 700 kilometers south of Beijing, home to the Shaolin Temple famous for Kungfu, a father decided to name his newborn son "Hu D" -- Hu is the surname and the English letter D was the newborn's given name.
The father, Hu Yu (not his real name), said he named his son Hu D, hoping his son would have a desire to create and innovate as he grew up.
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