Why do people of Russia and China look so different in spite of close proximity?
Because you look at “wrong” Russians.
That’s a female Buryats Russian living in the Republic of Buryatia (in red)
Typical Russians originates from west to Ural Mountain. It’s thousands of miles away from China. No wonder they look very different.
Other than its traditional significance, is there any other reason why Chinese schools don't just teach Pinyin instead of thousands of Chinese characters?
This exact debate has happened in China. A poet wrote this poem to explain the problem of only using pinyin:
“Shi and the Ten Stone Lions”: Riddle or Nonsense? & Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den - Wikipedia
Since no one can solve the problem the attempt to get rid of character has mostly stopped.
Update:
One of the things that I’ve noticed about modern Mandarin is that most words now come in pairs that often have almost the same meanings or are combined to mean something. If there is no se ...
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It is not just a matter of being useless and harmful to not be angry with someone who is unloving to you. The most important thing is that loveless people do not deserve it.
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Who will send them to bed?
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