The debate over the superiority of either traditional or simplified Chinese characters has been ongoing since the latter were first introduced. There are ideological, esthetic, historical, and ...

The goal of my new book Chineasy is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognizing characters through simple illustrations and animations. By learning one small set of building blocks, ...

As a growing number of people around the world learn simplified Chinese instead of the more complicated traditional characters, young creatives in Taiwan are fighting to promote what they fear will ...

While learning simplified characters will benefit local students, traditional Chinese characters are still essential regardless of a student's background Despite growing cross-border integration, ...

It is hard to understand how the proposal to teach simplified Chinese in schools can be blown up into a political issue by opposition politicians and commentators. The Education Department has said ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Some psychologists in the United States have claimed that complex Chinese characters are easier to learn than simple or simplified ones. The ...

One of my biggest frustrations with reading in one of the few foreign languages I’ve dabbled in is how long it takes to look up all the words I don’t know (which, admittedly, is a lot of them). It’s ...

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 ...

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 ...