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quesera | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
> If someone insists on using CCP, here's my speculation, it usually means they have been heavily influenced by anti-communist propaganda and narratives from the U.S. government, or they are deliberately using the incorrect name to be derogatory.

Do you think there's a meaningful difference between the (official) "Communist Party of China" and the (colloquial) "Chinese Communist Party"?

It seems like if derogation was the goal, you could come up with something more effective than an equivalent translation.

There's a US federal agency called the CPC. Disambiguation could be a reasonable explanation.

suraci | parent
there're no such thing like 'colloquial' name as CCP

it's used by the US officials by decades, and it's an old trick used by US intelligences to disturbe informations

like when you search 'CCP' and 'CPC', you'll get totally different results

'CCP' is not the colloquial name, it's the name Americans heard days and days from their government's propaganda

Let's just be honest with each other

I confess I use the name 'Amerika' to expresse certain meanings

quesera | root | parent
I see no reason to believe your version.

In English, adjectives before the noun are the usual form.

bluebarbet | root | parent
Sure, but that's not the correct usage with proper noun acronyms, i.e. ones referring to official names. The official name is the Communist Party of China.
quesera | root | parent
Fair point, but it doesn't point directly toward "intentional derogatory perversion by the US government".

Also keep in mind that the official name is not in English. And what is the standard process for nations to produce "official" foreign-language names for internal subgovernmental organizations, anyway?

Is there an official name in French, or Mandarin, for the Blue Dog Coalition?