Compare and contrast two out of three early 20th century phonetic systems developed for writing Chinese (the three options are: Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Latinxua Sin Wenz and Zhuyin Fuhao).
Compare and contrast efforts to standardize both English and Chinese and examine the reasons why language standardization was considered essential (or not) to building a modern nation-state.
Describe the situation of how English has become an international lingua franca and consider whether or not Chinese could also become a lingua franca in the future.
