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Thread: UN to Stop Using Traditional Chinese Characters
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[quote=KPHORNELL,324782]Simplification of Chinese characters is a major blow to one of the most admirable aspects of traditional Chinese culture. It was launched in the 1950's with the aim of eventually replacing all characters with a western alphabet in order for China to modernize. Mao eventually realized that this was not possible and was forced to give up this objective. What we're left with in Mainland China is a group of characters which are aesthetically unpalatable, moreover, many simplifications were carried out without any regard for the original cultural roots of the Characters. The UN decision was more politically driven, rather than driven by reasoning or rationale and it reflects the position of people who are obviously quite unfamiliar with Characters and their history. Traditional characters may be more difficult to write but they are certainly not any more difficult to read and in many cases it is easier to distinguish them because of the unique characteristics as opposed to simplified, many of which closely resemble on another.[/quote]
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