Interesting story about old books written in Chinese script, but so far
undeciphered, although there are hints:

<http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-2-24/66522.html>

This reminds me well of Chữ Nôm, which afaik was (and might still be) an
endangered script. Wikipedia has an entry about it, but the article
doesn't suggest that it is endangered; politics might be involved.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%e1%bb%af_N%c3%b4m>

My regards to all,

--
Nicholas Bodley
Waltham, Mass.
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Search for "sartorial politics",
posted 2/26/2008 06:35:00