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During the cultural revolution, the complete romanization of Chinese was explored. The idea was ultimately abandoned much for a similar reason Japanese will pro
by yomly 10y ago
During the cultural revolution, the complete romanization of Chinese was explored. The idea was ultimately abandoned much for a similar reason Japanese will probably struggle to go character-free: there would be too much ambiguity in the written language.
This poem was the go to for people against romanization[0]
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_...