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This is in before 1900 but if you can have the communists or someone in the 20th century doing it then even better!

How can we best have the Chinese deciding to adopt a real alphabet? (or a syllabary if you must)
Its often said that its very hard to learn Chinese even for the Chinese themselves due to the sheer complexity of their script. To have it as a alphabet would be...interesting. And cool.

What form would this alphabet take?

Bonus points for how far you can obliterate the Chinese script. Though I would admit this is unlikely, a mixture like the Koreans or Japanese is more likely.
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