Abstract: In recent years,Ma Ying-jeou has expressed a series of views on the issue of the traditional and simplified Chinese characters: he said fantizi(traditional characters) should be called zhengtizi(standard characters),the zhengtizi used in Taiwan represents the Chinese culture and that abandoning it would breakdown the link with the cultural past;he proposed the principle of shi zheng shu jian and the goal for establishing a common writing system between Mainland and Taiwan;he proposed both sides jointly compile a Grand Chinese Dictionary;he would like to apply for a World Cultural Heritage status for the zhengtizi;he recognized the increasing widespread use of the jianhuazi(simplified characters) throughout the world.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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