Beijing has ramped up efforts to use pinyin - the romanisation of Mandarin script - when referring to disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea in English, seeking to bolster its territorial ...

Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China’s Pinyin Romanization system, died Saturday at the age of 111. Born in 1906 during China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Zhou died at ...

A 6-part course on "Read it! Communicate!" Chinese pronunciation, held regularly! —Start with Pinyin, and let's actually read ...

Reporting from beijingReporting from beijing — Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China’s Pinyin Romanization writing system, died Saturday at the age of 111. Born in 1906 ...

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs is seeking public comments on a draft proposal aimed at governing the use of place names throughout the country. The new measures are designed to set a uniform ...

Pinyin is now used to teach Chinese around the world Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang, who created the writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet, has ...

Zhou Youguang, a onetime Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanized writing system that has helped more than 1 billion Chinese and countless foreigners learn Mandarin, died Jan.

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