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Last updated: 2006-05-23

Fewer characters being used in written Chinese
2006-05-23

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The Chinese media is using fewer characters and to understand 90 percent of the content in publications you need only to know about 900 of the thousands of pictographs that make up the script, state media said on Tuesday. ... ...
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