As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found it a ...

A participant writes Chinese character "biang" during a Writing "Biang" event held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 13, 2014. Nearly 2,000 people took part in the event ...

Two hit TV shows test ability to write Chinese characters Smartphones%2C computers have left many Chinese forgetting how to write common words Chinese tripped up by characters for sneeze%2C chin%2C ...

I HOPE readers will forgive three posts in a row on this topic, but an interesting thread is emerging from the discussion of written Chinese: how technology is making the situation both better and ...

Participants show Chinese character "biang" written by themselves during a Writing "Biang" event held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 13, 2014. Nearly 2,000 people took ...