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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Complaints about the Chinese writing system aren't uncommon domestically.
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I think some Chinese and Japanese get offended at the audacity of some foreigners declaring the shortcomings of their venerable language...but that's usually more a disagreement with arrogance or personality, not with the idea itself. The majority of Chinese people I know are of the mind that they've already learned it, so why change it? I suppose that kind of attitude rubs many Westerners the wrong way too.
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Thanks for all the information! It makes sense that there would be calls for reform internally as well.
Did you find learning/figuring out tones very difficult? That's probably the main thing keeping me from trying to start learning Chinese...
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