A review by eawtcu2015
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu

3.0

Fascinating history of the Chinese script and it’s evolution in the 20th century. The author really shines when she combines the history and development of the modern Chinese state and language and how those two paths weaved together. Unfortunately, things struggle when describing the finer details and intricacies of the language and developments. This could just be a reflection of my reading abilities but quickly got lost in the specifics the author covered and felt a little more detail provided throughout instead of at the beginning on what makes the Chinese language so unique would have helped with the book.