Well, politically speaking a script system, by nature of its inertia, looks like it can hold a nation together a lot longer than Latin. Latin was the language of the Roman Empire, but evolution over the centuries means written Romance languages are no longer mutually intelligible. Today the former Roman Empire is split into dozens of states. Whereas, for Chinese, the number of states[1] is three. China, Taiwan, Singapore.<p>[1] the use in this case means the region in question has its own military.