Here is wonderful article by John DeFrancis on the topic: The Prospects for Chinese Writing Reform (2006) https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp171_chinese_wr

Here is wonderful article by John DeFrancis on the topic: The Prospects for Chinese Writing Reform (2006) https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp171_chinese_writing_reform.pdf https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp171_chinese_writing_re... It is cited frequently.