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Rohsenow, J.S. (2004). Fifty Years of Script and Written Language Reform in the P.R.C.. In: Zhou, M., Sun, H. (eds) Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China. Language Policy, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-8039-5_2
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