What was a major advantage of the Chinese writing system?
a. It developed from pictographs and could be read by other people
b. People from all over China could read it, even if they spoke other languages
c. The Chinese written language has changed very little since 2000 BC
d. All readers needed to know was a small number of pictographs
Ans: b. People from all over China could read it, even if they spoke other languages
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