This feels like they want to force us government to install their (definitely) backdoored word processor to be able to open the documents. I have a feeling that wont be done and some conversion tools will quickly be developed if they don't already exist. Also, Fuck MSoffice, that flaming piece of shit. Archive: https://archive.today/oNBIg From the post: >>China’s expansion of its rare earth export controls appeared to mark another escalation in the US-China trade war last week. But the announcements were also significant in another way: unusually, the documents could not be opened using American word processing software. For the first time, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a slew of documents that could be directly accessed only through WPS Office – China’s answer to Microsoft Office – as Beijing continues its tech self-reliance drive.