Looks like "Simplified Chinese" is the communist version of "Traditional Chinese" and that Taiwan and Hong Kong are the bastions of traditionalism in these matters.
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Was I the only person that didn't know that the official name of Taiwan is "Republic of China" because apparently their government claims to be the legitimate government of the entire China since when the communists took power?
Vous l'avez su en révisant l'histoire de la guerre de l'opium que le Royaume-Uni a dû user pour faire imploser l'empire de Chine !?
They kept the name, and also historic and cultural treasures beyond the traditional script. You can see these in the national museum.
Kinda yeah, I think generally people know about this 🙂
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Yes. This is true. ROC claims the mainland, CCP claims ROC. Before it was Capitalist/Nationalist vs Communist, now is more State Authoritarian vs Corporate Authoritarian.
And while HK sans TW maintain the usage of “traditional characters” these still exist in Mainland China - but the idea that perhaps these were a bit over-engineered and simplification could reap significant benefits of general ease and improved madd literacy, was not - in my opinion - entirely unfounded.
nah chief. it's ridiculous to blame a language for an political ideology you don't agree with
Thank you for honoring this.
The good part of Nostring is that the CCP cannot censoring this thread. Maybe they can kidnap you and your family and erase you from existence, but your voice cannot be silenced. That’s good.
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Also important to distinguish between the Communist government vs the people of China. There are many underground dissenters who obviously cannot rear their heads...
So many people died, none of it is recorded in Western history books.
Hong Kong culture may well only persist outside of HK in the future. Cantonese and real Chinese script is slowly being squeezed out.
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traditional chinese definitely requires way more proof of work to master. its like 8 strokes for simplified vs. 30 trad on an avg but a lot of signal is lost with the simplification.
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