Phones revolutionize reading 外媒:中国手机阅读革命Millions of Chinese have abandoned traditional books for mobile phone novels, and as smartphones start to become more popular in China, so do these electronic books. The whole process is interactive and it is leading a reading revolution in China, the Irish Times reported. Data show that about 220m Chinese adults read electronic media. Of these, almost 120m people use their mobile phones to read books on occasion, and almost 25m people only use their cellphones to read books.据《爱尔兰时报》报道，数百万中国人逐渐抛弃传统图书，转而通过手机阅读小说。随着智能手机越来越普遍，这一阅读方式也越来越流行。这种易于互动的阅读方式正在引发一场中国的阅读革命。数据显示，约有2.2 亿中国成年人通过电子媒体阅读，其中 1.2 亿人使用手机阅读，只通过手机途径读书的人数将近 2500 万人。*汉字的优势Written Chinese is a character-based language, so each word is a concise pictogram, rather than a lengthy English word of several letters which takes up more space. This makes Chinese a great language to write mobile phone novels in, as you can communicate a lot of words in a relatively small area of space.汉字是以文字为单位进行表达的，每个字都是一个简洁的象形符号。比起由很多字母组成的冗长的英文单词，汉字能节省不少空间。这也使得汉字非常适合写手机小说，因为你能在相对狭小的空间里表达很多意思。China's changing education 中国父母转变教子观念As China has gradually opened up to the world, Western ideas about education have spread, and many parents have started to question the traditional approach that stressed discipline and authority, The Wall Street Journal reported. In recent years, books that encourage parents to nurture their children's independence and confidence - as opposed to focusing exclusively on high academic achievement - have grown increasi...
