Kingdom of characters : the language revolution that made China modern
Tsu, Jing2022
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What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In 'Kingdom of Characters', Jing Tsu argues that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology.
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Author:
Tsu, Jing, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2022.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780241295854 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
495.1495.1 TSU
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2255428
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