Taiwan law orders one-way writing: Official Taiwanese documents can no longer be written from right to left or from top to bottom in a new law passed by the country's parliament. All texts must now go from left to right, like western languages, although arts and literature are not affected. My, my. As far as I know, many book are still printed right-to-left, top-to-bottom. I wonder how Japan has dealt with this issue. (via random($foo)) --Just when you thought 大山 had moved off the radar screen, he's back! He will be starring in Court Painter, a drama serial debuting this month about Jesuit court painter Giuseppe Castiglione who served several 18th century Chinese emperors. The Chinese site for 《宫廷画师郎世宁》 has more text and pictures, as does Sina.com. --Via Just A Gwai Lo, the Chinese Language and Culture forums have an RSS feed.