WhenwethinkofChinatoday,wethinkofatechnologicalsuperpower.FromHuaweiand5GtoTikTokandviralsocialmedia,ChinaisstrideforstridewiththeUnitedStatesintheworldofcomputing.However,China’stechnologicalrenaissancealmostdidn’thappen.Andforoneverybasicreason:TheChineselanguage,withits70,000pluscharacters,couldn’tfitonakeyboard. 

Today,wetellthestoryofProfessorWangYongmin,ahardheadedcomputerprogrammerwhosolvedthispuzzleandlaidthefoundationfortheChinaweknowtoday.

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