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Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
By Tsu, Jing
- ISBN
- 9780735214729
- Publisher
- Riverhead
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Starred Review on January 1, 2022 | Social Sciences
Of all the Chinese dialects why is Mandarin the official one? Why does mainland China use simplified characters and how were they developed? Tsu (East Asian languages and literatures, Yale Univ.; Sound and Script in Chinese Diaspora) answers these questions, and others, in this fascinating history of the Chinese language from 1900 to the present. While the term "character" in the title re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
