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China: new Chinese movement

Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated an interview at New Century Weekly with Tang Yi, an etymologist and world religions researcher, who argues that a “New Chinese Movement” is needed to return standards to the language. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Fri, Jan 26 2007

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