<p>Chinese is not an official language of Malaysia, but there are many Chinese-education schools and they use simplified Chinese exclusively. All newspapers and official documents also use only simplified Chinese. I think the change from traditional to simplified Chinese happened in the 80s.</p>

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2019-06-01T00:03:39.103Z
Both traditional and simplified characters are used in Malaysian newspapers. In most newspapers (e.g. [星洲日報](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_Chew_Daily)) the headings (e.g. headlines, article titles) are usually in traditional characters, with the body in simplified characters.
Flux
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2015-03-23T22:29:01.200Z
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<p>I have checked a number of websites, and although most agree about the main countries that use traditional and simplified Chinese, I am not sure about countries where there are mixed populations of Chinese speaking people. I would like to know which ones are definite and which ones are probably in the grey area.</p>

<p>From what I can gather:</p>

<ul>
<li>Traditional: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau</li>
<li>Simplified: China, Singapore</li>
<li>Both or uncertain: Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia </li>
</ul>

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2015-03-23T13:29:32.840Z
maybe we can first make the list of regional authorities printing official documents in chinese. because civilians can deliberately choose what to use.
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It would be better to refer Taiwan as "Republic of China", which is the name the Chinese Taipei government is using on their passport, although only 22 out of 193 member states of UN admit its independent status.
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Is there a definitive list of countries that use traditional chinese and those that use simplified chinese?
# Is there a definitive list of countries that use traditional chinese and those that use simplified chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-23)

I have checked a number of websites, and although most agree about the main countries that use traditional and simplified Chinese, I am not sure about countries where there are mixed populations of Chinese speaking people. I would like to know which ones are definite and which ones are probably in the grey area.

From what I can gather:

* Traditional: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau
* Simplified: China, Singapore
* Both or uncertain: Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia

**Tags:** simplified-characters, traditional-characters, writing, traditional-vs-simplified

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: maybe we can first make the list of regional authorities printing official documents in chinese. because civilians can deliberately choose what to use.  
> **username_2**: It would be better to refer Taiwan as "Republic of China", which is the name the Chinese Taipei government is using on their passport, although only 22 out of 193 member states of UN admit its independent status.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-03-23. Score: 1

Chinese is not an official language of Malaysia, but there are many Chinese-education schools and they use simplified Chinese exclusively. All newspapers and official documents also use only simplified Chinese. I think the change from traditional to simplified Chinese happened in the 80s.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Both traditional and simplified characters are used in Malaysian newspapers. In most newspapers (e.g. [星洲日報](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_Chew_Daily)) the headings (e.g. headlines, article titles) are usually in traditional characters, with the body in simplified characters.  

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