1. Introduction -- 2. Spoken and Chinese -- 3. Chinese Characters: Hanz1 -- 4. Meaning Representation in Characters -- 5. Sound Representation by Characters -- 6. Logographic Characters vs Phonetic Scripts -- 7. Text Writing in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese -- 8. Reforming Spoken and Written Chinese -- 9. Learning Hanzi, Pinyin, and Putonghua -- 10. History of Education and Literacy in China -- 11. Korean Language -- 12. Hancha: Chinese Characters -- 13. Han'gul: Alphabetic Syllabary -- 14. Learning Han'gul and Hancha -- 15. Why Should Hancha be Kept? -- 16. History of Education and Literacy in Korea -- 17. Japanese Language -- 18. Kanji: Chinese Characters -- 19. Kana: Japanese Syllabary -- 20. Romaji: Roman Letters -- 21. Why Keep Kanji? -- 22. Learning Kanji and Kana -- 23. The Japanese Educational System -- 24. History of Mass Literacy in Japan
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