The Path of Cultural Popularization in Contemporary China

Xiao Huang: How have measures like simplified characters, compulsory education, and economic reforms aided modernization?

DOORM: These are steps in the staircase of civilizational reconstruction: simplified characters and compulsory education raised the cultural literacy of the entire populace; the popularization of economics activated commercial awareness; university expansion promoted the dissemination of science. Each step constitutes “cultural infrastructure” pushing a traditional society towards modernity, accumulating human and intellectual resources for innovation.

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