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Could argue this works in exactly the opposite way. This "wall" makes the west an open book to china, while for the west it is hard to crack the Chinese. For o
by ak_111 2y ago
Could argue this works in exactly the opposite way.
This "wall" makes the west an open book to china, while for the west it is hard to crack the Chinese. For one thing, think of the implications on recruiting people to spy or interpret intercepted messages from china or on espionage in general.
Also the impact of this "problem" on running a well-functioning highly-productive and scientific powerhouse society is highly exaggerated and easily refuted by empirical facts.
Just think of what Japan and China managed to accomplish in engineering and scientific accomplishment in the last 50 years and they both use character-based languages.
- cynicalpeace 2y agoThis is true. I learned Chinese and then hitchhiked China in 2018 for exactly this reason. Everyone was yapping about how important China had become, but China was a black box to me. After months of hitchhiking I came back home unconcerned. I think the fact that it's a black box makes us overhype China.