Taiwan seeks World Heritage status for traditional Chinese characters

[Francis Hult]

PR-inside.com

 

Taiwan seeks World Heritage status for traditional Chinese characters

 

President Ma Ying-jeou announced on December 26 that he has asked the Executive Yuan to begin the application process for placing traditional Chinese characters on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Speaking at the Ninth International Conference on 

 

Chinese Language Teaching organized by the World Chinese Language Association, the president referred to traditional Chinese as  the oldest and most beautiful written language in the world.

 

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