Language is politics. It is political because it is always about power, says the author. When we're talking about language, it very quickly becomes so political, he adds. And that's how we're going to show ourselves as being distinct from a different group. This group is trying to do this or the language, we are not going to do that. If only they had a bob sled team. i ill maybe leave different podcast episode.
China is now one of the world’s most powerful nations. But how did its unique and formidable language shape its rise? Jing Tsu, the author of Kingdom of Characters, joins Adam to explain the history of the Chinese language, and the amazing innovations that brought it into the modern world. Check out her book at http://factuallypod.com/books
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