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Petition calls on UN to use traditional Chinese script
Hong Kong (AFP) May 21, 2006 Campaigners in Hong Kong have launched an online petition to encourage the United Nations to publish official documents in the ancient Chinese script used in the city, a report said Sunday. More than 150,000 people have signed the petition calling for the return of traditional Chinese characters in UN documents, after the organisation switched to so-called simplified Chinese in the 1970s, the Sunday Morning Post reported. China devised the simplified system in the 1950s to boost literacy, but the then foreign-controlled southern territories of Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Taiwan, retained the ancient traditional script. The UN began using the modernised Chinese after it switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Hong Kong has three official languages -- English, the local Cantonese dialect of Chinese and Chinas official Mandarin dialect. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links China News from SinoDaily.com
Taiwan calls for non-military buffer zone in Strait
Taipei (AFP) May 20, 2006 A non-military zone should be set up in the Taiwan Strait and dialogue reopened between Taiwan and China to avoid unexpected clashes in what is regarded as a potential regional flash point, an official report said Saturday. |
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