While the title suggests that this article is from 2010, it appears to be much older (more like 1992) see http://lingualbee.blogspot.com.au/2006/08/why-chinese

While the title suggests that this article is from 2010, it appears to be much older (more like 1992) see http://lingualbee.blogspot.com.au/2006/08/why-chinese-is-so-damn-hard.html http://lingualbee.blogspot.com.au/2006/08/why-chinese-is-so-... and http://pocketcultures.com/2009/03/23/how-difficult-is-chinese/ http://pocketcultures.com/2009/03/23/how-difficult-is-chines...