
Kingdom of Characters
Brought to you by Penguin.
A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a super-power in the process
What does it take to reinvent the world''s oldest living language?
China today is one of the world''s most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for t...
Brought to you by Penguin.
A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a super-power in the process
What does it take to reinvent the world''s oldest living language?
China today is one of the world''s most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for t...