According to Hong Kong political commentator and acclaimed novelist Louis Cha, traditional characters are the quintessence of Chinese culture and a treasure of world civilization. To protect them from the threat of extinction posed by simplified characters, Cha has urged the Taiwan government to apply to have them granted "world cultural heritage" status and to demand that the international community face up to this serious cultural crisis.
香港名政論家，也是著名武俠小說家查良鏞（金庸）甚至建議，正體字不僅是中華文化的精髓，更是全人類共有的珍貴寶藏，為了保存正體字不受簡體字的威脅而消失，他鼓勵台灣政府去申請「世界文化遺產」，要求國際社會正視此一嚴重的文化危機。