The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing issue and has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides.

The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing issue and has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides.

China started to collect public opinions Wednesday on a modified list of simplified characters of the Chinese written language to further standardize a language used by billions around the world.

Due to historic reasons, the government of the People's Republic of China has promoted the use of simplified Chinese characters for use in printing since the 1950s and 60s in an attempt to ...

As a locally educated Chinese person, I consider the simplification of Chinese characters to be an affront to the aesthetics of the Chinese language. It is a massive dumbing-down for the sake of ...

China started to collect public opinions Wednesday on a modified list of simplified characters of the Chinese written language to further standardize a language used by billions around the world ...

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.

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 ...

Traditional Chinese characters are popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and some overseas Chinese communities, while mainland Chinese have generally used simplified versions since the 1950s.

For now, Duolingo offers Beijing-style Mandarin in simplified Chinese, which is the most common writing system and dialect for the language.