Barbara Demick, China worries about losing its character(s); More and more
Chinese are realizing they can't remember exactly how to write a given
character. Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2010. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-characters-20100712,0,6032882.story
("Chinese is the oldest continuously used writing system in the world")
My comment:
(a) A Chinese-language report is based on this LA Times report:
中国年轻人汉字书写能力渐退化. BBC Chinese, July 15, 2010. http://www1.voanews.com