Tom Mullaney, professor of Chinese history and History of Technology at Stanford University, has a kickstart project for organising a tour exhibition on Chinese typewriters.In our often westernised view on type history and technology, initiatives like this one are really important.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chinesetypewriter/save-the-chinese-typewriter
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It would be a bit more convincing if he uses the written language of the appropriate era, traditional Chinese, to write the appeal, instead of what he did.
ps. Lin Yutang has made a Chinese typewriter with only 50 keys — He implemented an IME using pure machine movements.