In the ongoing saga of obscurely-named Chinese being turned down for second-generation ID cards, QQ reports that a Chongqing man, Mr. 0 (that’s the numeral 0, in Chinese pronounced ling) is the latest to hit the bureaucratic wall. Until he changes his name to an accepted character, he’ll have a black square on his card instead of a name.
No word on how the man acquired his unusual surname, but one disgruntled former girlfriend, reached for comment by CNReviews, offered her own explanation.
“He was a total zero,” she said.
He joins Zhao C and Ma Cheng in the ranks of the newly unprintable.
Haha. Loved that last line!