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China to issue new list of simplified Chinese characters

murrayjames   July 16th, 2010 2:34a.m.

English:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11157349.htm

中文：
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2009-04/09/content_11154357.htm

Chinese Forums:
http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/20689-china-to-issue-new-list-of-simplified-chinese-characters/page__pid__167349#entry167349

murrayjames   July 16th, 2010 2:50a.m.

Oh. Checked the dates and realized this news is a year old.

An interesting read, still.

nick   July 16th, 2010 8:36a.m.

There was a thread here about it too then, although I can't find the right search string to pull it up now. Something about making me do more work.

Tortue   July 19th, 2010 12:05a.m.

Quite interesting,

""Switching back to traditional Chinese characters means billions of Chinese would have to relearn their mother language,"

is a bit exaggerated tho...

murrayjames   July 19th, 2010 3:10a.m.

Definitely. My mainland China friends all read traditional no problem. Some can write in it too.

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