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The great Chinese puzzle: how to adapt the language to modern communication technologies

Jing Tsu describes the vast problems posed in fitting a language without an alphabet to a typewriter keyboard

A 1986 Chinese typewriter. [Getty Images]
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  • Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession and Genius in Modern China

    Jing Tsu

    Allen Lane, pp. 336, £20

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