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Part 1 Chinese; spoken Chinese; Chinese characters - Hanzi; meaningrepresentation in characters; sound representation by characters; logographiccharacters versus phonetic scripts; text writing in chinese, Korean andJapanes; reforming spoken and written Chinese; learning Hanzi, Pinyin, andPutonghua; history of education and literacy in China; summary andconclusions. Part 2 Korean: Korean language; Hancha - Chinese characters;Han'gul - alphabetic syllabary; learning Han'gul and Hancha; why shouldHancha be kept?; history of education and literacy in Korea; summary andconclusions. Part 3 Japanese: Japanese language; Kanji - Chinese characters;Kana - Japanese syllabary; Romaji - Roman letters; why keep Kanji?; learningKanji and Kana; the Japanese educational system; history of mass literacy inJapan; summary and conclusions.