Yanks and Brits really need to get their history right. Anyone who was anyone from 500BCE to 1600CE spoke Chinese of some description. In fact 97% of all printed matter was in Chinese up until the 1800's!
Besides anything from your so called Pythagoras Theorem to Postmodernism was first and foremost Chinese.
But of course, all we ever hear from BBC and CNN is the bloody Romans this and Romans that. Geez.
Using the same logic as some of these Americans - Chinese invented paper, books and printing (not some Gutenburg fellow) and so Chinese have the right to demand all books be in Chinese.
Oh and some Chinese inventions for all those who think the Chinese only invented gunpowder for firecrackers (the following are from a fraction of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China):
Flamethrower, multiple warhead, multiple stage rockets, deep drilling, civil service exams, the modern spacesuit (NASA didn't tell you that did they?), the paddleship etc etc.
These are terrible posts. Does anyone actually know anything about Unicode, (the superior state of) Chinese Character recognition, the superior speed of Wubi entry method (=160WPM)?
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Yanks and Brits really need to get their history right. Anyone who was anyone from 500BCE to 1600CE spoke Chinese of some description. In fact 97% of all printed matter was in Chinese up until the 1800's! Besides anything from your so called Pythagoras Theorem to Postmodernism was first and foremost Chinese. But of course, all we ever hear from BBC and CNN is the bloody Romans this and Romans that. Geez. Using the same logic as some of these Americans - Chinese invented paper, books and printing (not some Gutenburg fellow) and so Chinese have the right to demand all books be in Chinese. Oh and some Chinese inventions for all those who think the Chinese only invented gunpowder for firecrackers (the following are from a fraction of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China): Flamethrower, multiple warhead, multiple stage rockets, deep drilling, civil service exams, the modern spacesuit (NASA didn't tell you that did they?), the paddleship etc etc.
Or did you mean: Nide guoYU ZHEN hen hao. ?
These are terrible posts. Does anyone actually know anything about Unicode, (the superior state of) Chinese Character recognition, the superior speed of Wubi entry method (=160WPM)?