<p>I believe in Taiwan people use traditional Chinese characters for writing whereas in China they use simplified characters. Assuming this information is correct I'd like to kindly request suggestions for good textbooks teaching Chinese using traditional characters. Thanks a lot for your help.</p>

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2013-07-30T16:27:36.113Z
Yup, both Taiwan and Hong Kong use traditional characters, and many of the characters in Japanese which come from Chinese characters are also traditional. As for finding a text book, I believe most decent Mandarin textbooks nowadays have all the vocabulary, dialogs, and examples in both simplified and traditional, some are essentially the same book printed twice with traditional on every left page and simplified on the right.
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2013-07-30T18:46:27.457Z
@QuestionMarks Ooh! Thank you! I didn't know that. In this case I can take any textbook with good reviews :-)
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2013-07-30T19:54:00.507Z
If you order it online, it should say whether it has one or both forms. For example: [This book](http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/integrated_chinese/integrated_chinese_level_1_part_1_textbook_3rd_edition_traditional) and [this book](http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/integrated_chinese/integrated_chinese_level_2_part_1_textbook_3rd_edition_simplified_0). Higher level books tend to have both, but it should always state it on the cover of the book.
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Learning Chinese using traditional characters
# Learning Chinese using traditional characters

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-30)

I believe in Taiwan people use traditional Chinese characters for writing whereas in China they use simplified characters. Assuming this information is correct I'd like to kindly request suggestions for good textbooks teaching Chinese using traditional characters. Thanks a lot for your help.

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> **username_1**: Yup, both Taiwan and Hong Kong use traditional characters, and many of the characters in Japanese which come from Chinese characters are also traditional. As for finding a text book, I believe most decent Mandarin textbooks nowadays have all the vocabulary, dialogs, and examples in both simplified and traditional, some are essentially the same book printed twice with traditional on every left page and simplified on the right.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Ooh! Thank you! I didn't know that. In this case I can take any textbook with good reviews :-)  
> **username_1**: If you order it online, it should say whether it has one or both forms. For example: [This book](http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/integrated_chinese/integrated_chinese_level_1_part_1_textbook_3rd_edition_traditional) and [this book](http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/integrated_chinese/integrated_chinese_level_2_part_1_textbook_3rd_edition_simplified_0). Higher level books tend to have both, but it should always state it on the cover of the book.  

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