Recently, some university students in Chuangsha, Hunan province had a test about their Chinese language skills. In the test, the students were asked to write 20 Chinese characters. To most people’s surprise, some of the students couldn’t write many of the words, even the simplest one. This result shows that our handwriting ability is dropping.

In the ancient times, we write Chinese characters with Chinese writing brush. It is hard to control for it is soft. So when pens and pencils came into China, most Chinese people gave up writing with Chinese writing brush. In these years, computers beca