Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore, as prescribed by the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters.
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11 Facts About Simplified Chinese
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Soon, people in the Movement started to cite the traditional Simplified Chinese writing system as an obstacle in modernising China and therefore proposed that a reform be initiated.
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Recent commentators have claimed that Simplified Chinese characters were blamed for the economic problems in China during that time.
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Traditional Chinese remains ubiquitous on buildings predating the promotion of simplified characters, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments.
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Traditional Simplified Chinese is often used for commercial purposes, such as shopfront displays and advertisements.
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For use on computers people tend to type Simplified Chinese characters using a traditional character set such as Big5.
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Simplified Chinese characters are not officially used in governmental and civil publications in Taiwan.
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In Singapore, where Mandarin Chinese is one of the official languages, simplified characters are the official standard and are generally used in all official publications as well as the government-controlled press.
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Simplified Chinese is taught instead of traditional Chinese in pro-mainland China schools.
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Not surprisingly, some of the Chinese characters used in Japan are neither 'traditional' nor 'simplified'.
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Simplified Chinese wrote a dedicated column entitled "Simplified Characters are Unreasonable" in the Chinese edition of the Financial Times.
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