Politicization of script in Taiwan
Language Log 2025-01-03
Summary:
This was inevitable: Kaohsiung university faces backlash over simplified Chinese exam:Education ministry says faculty member's business card listing ‘Taiwan Province, China’ is ‘inappropriate’ by Charlotte Lee, Taiwan News (1/3/25) (article in Mandarin) The language is the same; it's only the script that is different — but that really matters: Think Hindi-Urdu, Serbo-Croatian, Hangul-Hanja, Maltese-Arabic. TAIPEI […]