Following successful presentations in Paris, New York, Cairo and Canada between 2024 and 2026, the international exhibition ...

The world's major writing systems have tended to simplify over time, with a notable exception: New research shows that the Chinese writing system has become increasingly complex over the course of its ...

Two books on Chinese writing illustrate how tumultuous technological evolution can be. Every second of every day, someone is typing in Chinese. In a park in Hong Kong, at a desk in Taiwan, in the ...

How much do you really know about Chinese characters? Beyond writing, do you know what else Chinese characters can be used for? There are thousands of answers to these questions. Chinese characters ...

Writing this book made me a complete ‘Hangul exclusivist.’ I don’t think studying Chinese characters is necessary—nor is ...

Twenty-eight styles of “longevity” are shown during Liu Mengyin’s calligraphy exhibition, which is ongoing from Nov 16 - 20 in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo / xmnn.cn] Liu Mengyin’s calligraphy ...

Reporting from Beijing — Texting and typing are replacing the elaborate strokes that make up written Chinese. And when it comes time to jot down a few words, more Chinese are realizing they can’t ...