Keeping in touch with writing tradition

A renowned senior calligrapher hails practicing Chinese characters on apps

TAIPEI - "Every day when I go out, I carry an iPad and a digital pencil with me," says Chang Ping-huang, a calligrapher from Taiwan, when introducing his new toolkit for practicing Chinese calligraphy.

Chang is best known in Taiwan as the host of a TV program that aired back in the 1980s when, each day he would teach the audience to write one Chinese character with ink and brush. The show aired for two decades, and he taught viewers nearly 7,000 characters.