> "One is that it is difficult to type Chinese characters on an alphabet-based keyboard, so instead of using search they prefer to click links." For what it's

> "One is that it is difficult to type Chinese characters on an alphabet-based keyboard, so instead of using search they prefer to click links." For what it's worth, Chinese typically do the type using the alphabet -> character input methods (not the hand-drawn). These methods typically are smart about knowing which characters to select, especially when you type long strings of text and you usually only have to click the space button to convert them. It really isn't a huge and I feel almost zero slowdown when typing in Chinese. In fact, I feel like it's less typing than in English because of how verbose it is.