Chinese characters, simplified or traditional? By Published: Apr 12, 2009 05:36 PM Updated: May 25, 2011 12:44 PM Recently the use of Chinese characters and the policies related to them have been ...

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 ...

“If HK, Macau and Taiwan people can have a good use of traditional Chinese characters, why can’t we use them in the Chinese mainland？ ” Pan, a CPPCC member, said.

Contrary to popular belief, the use of simplified characters was not initiated by the Communist government but by the Kuomintang back in the 1930s, for the purpose of promoting literacy in China.

The Chinese mainland first introduced simplified characters in 1956. But Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao retained the traditional characters. Many overseas Chinese people also use traditional characters.

I learned Chinese as an adult, first in Beijing in the mid 1970s. Being in Beijing, I was taught simplified characters. In later full-time study in Hong Kong, I learned the traditional forms.

A heated debate on accepting or rejecting simplified Chinese characters has attracted public attention after CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) member Pan Qinglin put ...

Simplified Chinese characters have been erased from the Taiwanese Tourist Bureau’s website on the instructions of President Ma Ying-jeou. Other government agencies are ordered, and private ...