The Chinese Typewriter

Discover the fascinating history of how Chinese characters triumphed over the QWERTY keyboard and laid the foundation for China's booming information technology sector today. Follow the experiments, prototypes, successes, and failures of a century-long quest for a workable Chinese typewriter. Learn about the earliest Chinese typewriters, typewriting schools, clerks and secretaries who experimented with alternative ways of organizing characters, and Mao's favorite typewriter - the Double Pigeon. This book explores how the visionaries and innovators behind the Chinese typewriter paved the way for China's unique technological landscape.