目录

●Why China Simplified?
Foreword by John Pasden
The Sound of Somebody Falling Down
Why Mandarin is the easiest (and Hardest) language in the world
A picture's Worth Ten Thousand Words
The mystical origin of characters and East-West perspectives
Embracing the Ambiguity
Exploring the hazy space between what is said and meant
Sorry, There Is No Chapter Four
Chinese superstitions at play in our daily lives
A lifetime in Four Characters
Using idioms to capture an idea's essence in an instant
Fish, Pearl, Coral, and Ocean Go Swimming
The high-stakes challenge of choosing the right name
Never Use the F-word
How to become more fluent than you ever imagined
We Let the Boss Die First
Stirring up trouble with dialects, topolects, and slips of the tongue
The Lingua Franca of the 22nd Century
Will we all be speaking Chinese in the near future?
Resources
References
Gratitude
About the Authors