Geographical

What are the writing systems of the world?

From Latin and Chinese to Tamil and Telugu, discover the top ten most popular writing scripts used around the world ...
The Conversation

Most assume writing systems get simpler. But 3,600 years of Chinese writing show it’s getting increasingly complex

This research was conducted with Simon Jerome Han as lead author. Piers Kelly receives funding from an ARC DECRA Fellowship. Charles Kemp's work on this project was supported by an ARC Future ...
Yahoo

A centuries-old secret script called nüshu is empowering young Chinese women

BEIJING (AP) — Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ...
insider.si.edu

Writing & literacy in early China : studies from the Columbia Early China Seminar / edited by Li Feng and David Prager Branner

Introduction : writing as a phenomenon of literacy / Li Feng and David Prager Branner -- Getting "right" with heaven and the origins of writing in China / David W. Pankenier -- Literacy and the ...