Show FOREIGN LANGUAGE SIGNS BANNED IN CHINESE EDICT ff Chinas China's Chinas China's nationalistic tic spirit was given a fresh fillip re re- re when General Chian Chiang Kai Kal shek forbade shopkeepers to display signs in foreign languages Native magazines and other publications at the same time were prohibited pro pro- from using alien tongues on their title pages Moreover Moreover numerals for lor describing years were banned from official docu docu- ments Instead of writing 1934 for example the words twenty third year of ot the Chinese republic mus must be used The new orders also forbade the use uses of fancy borders or type on Chinese Chi Chi Chi- nese book covers |