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Sat 04 Apr 2009China moves to discipline 'wild use' of language
A standardised list of Chinese characters aims to make the language easier to manage, writes CLIFFORD COONAN
BEIJING HAS drafted a list of standard Chinese characters, containing more than 8,000 of the most frequently used characters, in a bid to “discipline the wild use of the Chinese language”.
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