Japanese could get rid of either Hiragana or Katakana if they really wanted, since both of them are fully functional syllabaries. But in Taiwan, the choice betw

Japanese could get rid of either Hiragana or Katakana if they really wanted, since both of them are fully functional syllabaries. But in Taiwan, the choice between Bopomofo, Pinyin, and their local variant of Pinyin has political significance because it is taken to be reflective of their stance to the Mainland.