James H.

cheers, Marcel!

I might go with the simplified Chinese characters then. I just want to read contemporary Chinese. I am not interested in Karaoke :shy: and if I do not understand books from Hong Kong and Taiwan, that is ok too...: I might study the traditional ones later on.

Traditional or Simplified Chinese Characters

I am wondering what would be better for me: Studying Simplified Chinese Characters or the traditional Script.. Is studying traditional characters much more difficult than studying the simplified one’s? What are you studying and why? really can’t make a decision.  8)