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

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

No one ever missed a Word document.

Ay, tariffs are finally delivering!

The domestic clones are not much better… for one, you need to use your phone number (and thus ID) to even start these apps.

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.