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Mandarin, Guoyu Or Putonghua? Chinese Is A Language Known By Many Names, And China Is A Country Home To Many Languages. Since The Turn Of The Century Linguists And Politicians Have Been On A Mission To Create A Common Language For China. From The Radical Intellectuals Of The May Fourth Movement, To Leaders Such As Chiang Kai-shek, And Mao Zedong, All Fought To Push The Boundaries Of Language Reform. Now, Internet Users Take The Chinese Language In New And Unpredictable Directions. David Moser Tells The Remarkable Story Of China's Language Unification Agenda And Its Controversial Relationship With Modern Politics, Challenging Our Conceptions Of What It Means To Speak And Be Chinese. -- Publisher's Description David Moser. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 111-120).

Who reads A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language (Penguin Specials)?

Author

David Moser

Publisher

Penguin Random House Australia

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780734399595

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Language Learning

Rating

4.26 / 5 (66 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14