China, japan: character amnesia? are kids forgetting the characters.. will characters die out in internet age?

Question:

INTERNET

WEB

GOOGLE: character amnesia in japan, china.

50,000 hanzi characters.

kids can see, recognize the characters, but cannot write them.


1. some want to dig a big big big big bib big big HOLE and bury Hanzi... ancient, backward, ugly characters...

2. some want to keep the characters...

3. internet age. information. age. computer age. electronic age.... will characters remain.. will characters die out????/

Answer:

-"kids can see, recognize the characters, but cannot write them"

That's why they are call "kids" instead of "adults".

-"1. some want to dig a big big big big bib big big HOLE and bury Hanzi... ancient, backward, ugly characters..."

Good for you.

-"2. some want to keep the characters..."

Good for them.

-"3. internet age. information. age. computer age. electronic age.... will characters remain.. will characters die out?"

There are 1.3 billion Chinese. Only 10% of them are able to own a computer. That's 1.17 billion people who do not use computers. What do you think?