Brainstorm readers may remember that Caitríona Osborne recently pointed out the unique features of the Chinese writing system which have led it to be considered difficult to learn. One aspect of ...

China’s system of writing is one of the oldest and most complicated in the world. But texting and typing could be putting it at risk. The written form of modern Chinese has over 50,000 characters. Few ...

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Education has announced a new initiative to promote further the teaching of standard Chinese handwriting in primary and secondary schools. The move is part of broader ...

China recently issued a new notice on strengthening correct Chinese handwriting education across primary and secondary schools, in an effort to promote the country's linguistic and cultural heritage, ...

Most of the world’s languages are written alphabetically; in an alphabetic writing system the basic components represent sounds only without any reference to meaning. For example, the letter “b” in ...