the simplified is an easier way to write the characters. in Taiwan, they usually use the traditional. this is happy in simplified 快乐, this is happy in traditional 快 樂. you can see the...
Some early Chinese characters were pictographs (pictures of what they represent), but over the years have become more and more abstract. A few still bear a resemblance to the thing described, such as...
In Chinese, 'China', the country, is 'zhong guo' or '中国'. The translation of 'People's Republic of China' is '中华人民共和国' or 'Zhong Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo'