The new language law of the People's Republic of China

Zhichang Xu; Andy Kirkpatrick

The new language law of the People's Republic of China

Zhichang Xu
, Andy Kirkpatrick

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Abstract

The first language law to be compiled in China was published late last year in the journal, Hanzi Wenhua. Here we provide some background to the law, a translation of it and some notes. We also include a brief commentary on the law by the Hanzi Wenhua editors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14-15
Number of pages	2
Journal	Australian Language Matters
Volume	June 2001
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Language law
China
Chinese Putonghua

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