KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS |Examines the challenges the Chinese written script posed over the past 100 years in keeping up with the fast pace of our technological advancements。Putting aside the question of whether to abandon Chinese script altogether which has been hotly debated， Tsu examines the many situations in which the Chinese have had to consider how to systemize their written script so as to allow quick， efficient and accessible means to look up and use characters in modern times。 Should one KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS |Examines the challenges the Chinese written script posed over the past 100 years in keeping up with the fast pace of our technological advancements。Putting aside the question of whether to abandon Chinese script altogether which has been hotly debated， Tsu examines the many situations in which the Chinese have had to consider how to systemize their written script so as to allow quick， efficient and accessible means to look up and use characters in modern times。 Should one use stroke count， radical placement， quadrant and stroke count and placement？ None of which is objectively as easy as the inherent ordered system of A- B - C。 Language reform has been debated and revised over multiple millennium， from standardization over 2，000 years ago to more recently with character simplification under Mao。 Tsu delves into the battles for how the Chinese dealt with creating a typewriter， telegraphy （for sending telegrams）， bibliographic classification system， and computing technology。 How do you process text that is not alphabetic but is made up of thousands of characters before our digital age， pre-computers？ I found this book absolutely enthralling。 It really is such an interesting topic and has been through so many thought debates。 。。。more