A review by p9ng
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu

5.0

This is a very well told story of the development and modernization of the Chinese written language. It is told through the history of various characters along the way, who each were influential in modernizing Chinese script. This is an arduous task that, as the author writes, continues today. Could written communication become a keystone as China's effort to match, ultimately becomes an effort to exceed, the success of the West?