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A review by hank
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu
4.0
This was almost 5 star amazing with a bit of a qualification. As a former Mandarin speaker, this was way more fascinating for me than for most, however it is an easy to read story about the writen chinese language sprinkled with a bit of tech, a bunch of politics and lots of discussion about how not having an alphabet makes many, many "things" harder.
Jing Tsu did a remarkable job of making a potentially, highly dry subject into an interesting story of China and it's growth into the modern world.
If you are deathly allergic to history, china or language this might not be for you, it was a bit dry in parts but overall a good read.
Jing Tsu did a remarkable job of making a potentially, highly dry subject into an interesting story of China and it's growth into the modern world.
If you are deathly allergic to history, china or language this might not be for you, it was a bit dry in parts but overall a good read.