"It was related to me by a Chinese colleague that some young people in China mostly use Pinyin and can barely write any characters, since cellphones take care o

"It was related to me by a Chinese colleague that some young people in China mostly use Pinyin and can barely write any characters, since cellphones take care of turning the Pinyin into characters." Very true! Which means technology now also makes it a lot easier for people who don't want to bother learning to write Chinese characters. It is FAR easier to recognize them in reading than to remember how to write them.