Factually! with Adam Conover

China's Kingdom of Characters with Jing Tsu

Mar 16, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
04:06 • 2min
3
Is There a Phonetic Alphabet?
06:31 • 2min
4
How to Write a Better Writing System in China
08:10 • 2min
5
What Did He Wait Here, by the Way, 19th Century?
10:23 • 4min
6
What's the Difference Between Mandarin and Cantones?
14:23 • 2min
7
What's the Difference Between Cantonese and Mandarine?
16:35 • 2min
8
Tones in Chinese
18:26 • 3min
9
The Difference Between Chinese and English
21:14 • 4min
10
The Chinese Language Has Persisted Despite the Demands in the Modern Language
25:16 • 2min
11
What's the Difference Between Chinese and Western Alphabet?
27:41 • 3min
12
Is There a Difference Between English and Chinese?
30:26 • 2min
13
How the Chinese Language Interacts With Technology
32:46 • 4min
14
What's So Cool About Chinese Characters?
36:26 • 2min
15
Did the Language Make Any Accommodations for the Typewritten Age?
38:51 • 2min
16
What's the Trade-Off?
40:32 • 6min
17
What's the Story of the Reform of the Chinese Writing System?
46:12 • 4min
18
The Chinese Moslem Minority in the 19th Century
49:48 • 3min
19
Is It a Simplification of the Tparateo Nations?
52:42 • 3min
20
You Can Tell Ye Do It Emy.
55:14 • 2min
21
Ir Mini's Fun Language
56:54 • 2min
22
Toy Boat, Toy Boy. Toy Boy.
58:36 • 3min
23
Thank You So Much, Jing Sue
01:01:38 • 2min