Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF WRITING IN EAST ASIA -- 1. Chinese -- 2. Japanese -- 3. Korean -- 4. Vietnamese -- Part 2: CRITIQUE OF CHINESE CHARACTER-BASED WRITING -- 5. Representation -- 6. Learning and Literacy -- 7. Reading -- 8. Appropriateness to East Asian Languages -- Part 3: FORCES FOR CHANGE -- 9. The Chimera of Reform -- 10. Language, Speech, and Writing -- 11. Computing with Chinese Characters -- 12. Chinese Characters and East Asian Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author