This raises an issue I've often wondered about: how much richer would China be if Chinese used an alphabetic writing system? I mean, they sure are spending a lo

This raises an issue I've often wondered about: how much richer would China be if Chinese used an alphabetic writing system? I mean, they sure are spending a lot of CPU cycles on their crazy writing system. English orthography, though it may seem perverse to the typical Spaniard or Italian, is nevertheless light-years ahead of written Chinese. That has to be worth something.