Empire of Signs

The article ”Empire of Signs”  engages me - it was written by Guardian’s China correspondent in February 2006. The observations and comments made on Chinese language and China are both interesting and insightful. Here’s a quote:

Given that studying the basics of Chinese identity is likely to take up so much of the curriculum, it is easier to understand why so many people here are so nationalistic: they simply do not have much time to study the outside world.

The article gives you a lot of ideas about what it is like learning the language, and what the language is like actually. It would be interesting to those wanting to study Chinese or studying Chinese.

Go to the article here.