Research shows a small set of high-frequency building blocks shaped the writing system through a principle of economy.
Recently the use of Chinese characters and the policies related to them have been a concern of many. The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing issue ...
Compiled by EastSouthWestNorth (link): The United Nations decided to start using simplified Chinese characters in its official documents since 2008, fueling controversy in Greater China and among ...
When the communists took over mainland, the literacy rate in China was below 20 percent. It is now 95 percent, according to some estimates. The same rate among young people (15 to 24 years old) is now ...
A heated debate on accepting or rejecting simplified Chinese characters has attracted public attention after CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) member Pan Qinglin put forward a ...
Choosing a baby's name is seldom simple. But it can expose a rift that has been tearing at the Chinese community around the world for more than half a century. Frank Mong and his wife, Sandra, asked ...
A national university in Kaohsiung promised it would increase the oversight of professors’ use of Chinese in course material following a social media outcry over several instances of simplified ...
Of all the cultural heritages and legacies that have evolved in the world, none is more significant than the human language. Of all the existing languages, none is equal, in terms of longevity, to the ...
Simplified Chinese characters have been erased from the Taiwanese Tourist Bureau’s website on the instructions of President Ma Ying-jeou. Other government agencies are ordered, and private businesses ...
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