This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-06-07 08:17
Item from June 7, 1982, in China Daily: Huang Youde, abacus champion of the Bank of China's national contest. ... Can the humble abacus compete with today's miraculous caculators?
The answer, according to some of China 's most accomplished practitioners, is - sometimes. ...
Electronic caculators are useful but will never replace the abacus, according to Li Hanzhang, referee for the abacus section of the contest.
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