LOL in the 80s they had to change the name to canola. I remember the time I was reading Xinhua news and they were doing a rural agricultural photo spread about the fields of [the real name] and I was like what the FUCK, Xinhua! Back then they didn't know subtext or synonyms and just translated straight out of the dictionary. The "this is so weird / Chinglish" era is all but over. Between AI and returnees they've got it now. Returnees really help a country because they say, "why does it have to be like this? Where I lived it's not like this at all!This is stupid!" And then they change society for the better.
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Yeah I only recently understood that canola stood for CANadian Oil Low Acid. And learned the original name of the plant.
WTYP had a pretty funny episode on the Salad oil scandal.
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I am very pleasantly surprised with the reactions to this, it's a testament to how badly the US's PR has gone in Canada. 'Fuck the US' is a good step one to anti-imperialism in Canada, and the best way for farmers to realize China isn't a big bad guy is by them getting paid from trade with China. Canola is a huge industry and basically only the US and China buy it, but at least Xi isn't going to threaten to invade when renegotiations come up
In our case we are in direct competition with the US to supply China with soybeans and mineral resources and STILL the big landowners gaslight themselves into being pro US and spending their political capital accordingly. China swoops in and buys the coffee Trump taxed and they still put all their eggs on the american basket.
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