This is from Jing Tsu’s absolutely wonderful book which I recommend to anyone interested in language, no Mandarin required.

Tomorrow, Jing Tsu, the John M. Schiff Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University, will discuss the genesis of her recent book, #KingdomOfCharacters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern. 🗓️Thursday, March 2, 4:00 PM 📍HQ L01 frankeprogram.yale.edu/event/behind-k…

“China has been studying the West far longer than it has studied China in turn,” says Jing Tsu, author of Kingdom of Characters. It explores China's evolution & its language. “Failure is not something the Chinese shy away from; they see it very much as experiences to learn from”

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A fascinating keynote by “Kingdom of Characters” author Jing Tsu about the process of mapping Chinese characters and the various adaptations for inputting characters onto both Western and Chinese versions of computer keyboards!

Followed by a great conversation between Jing Tsu and Andrew Browne on when, how, and in what scenarios they think in Chinese versus English!

Huge congratulations to Yale University Professor Jing Tsu Jing Tsu, whose book “𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧” (Riverhead Books, 2022), was named a 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫

Congrats to Jing Tsu of Yale for being named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her book, Kingdom of Characters!

I am stunned. So honored—and bewildered—to be among these four finalists and titles for the Pulitzer in General Fiction. Congratulations to all my fellow finalists! David Haskell Linda Villarosa Robert Samuels Toluse Olorunnipa

Now it’s nice to have a Pulitzer Finalist sticker on the cover of the amazing book. This is more than just a history book. I recommend whoever wants to understand more about China and why the US and China are such two different nations to read it. History always teaches us

Yale scholar Jing Tsu named Pulitzer finalist for ‘Kingdom of Characters’ | YaleNews ⁦Yale MacMillan Center⁩ ⁦Yale University⁩ ⁦@JacksonYale⁩ ⁦Whitney Humanities Center (@yalewhc.bsky.social)⁩ ⁦Riverhead Books⁩ ⁦Penguin Books UK⁩ news.yale.edu/2023/05/12/yal…

Such a fascinating video on the Chinese font by Holly Xue Sixth Tone! So pleased to see their continual creative journalism! 🙌 sixthtone.com/news/1012503

Delighted to see Kingdom of Characters out in Chinese—the translator did a great job. Never an easy task!

Got *the sticker* on the reprint!

Writing is the first technology ever invented, it is often said. But what about now? Come join me at the Met on 3/20 @ 6p for a conversation about Chinese calligraphy as art, writing as technology—and what makes us human. Riverhead Books Yale Jackson School Whitney Humanities Center (@yalewhc.bsky.social) Yale MacMillan Center