The Wubi Effect
Radiolab
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How to Type in Chinese on a QWERTY Keyboard
In theory there are an infinite number of different ways to type Chinese with the QWERTY keyboard. No two people would be typing the word dog the same way. It's a puzzle that threatened to erase an entire culture, nearly prevented China from becoming the technological superpower that it is today and says a whole lot about where our communication is heading.
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