Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIJING (AP) — Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China's Pinyin Romanization system, died Saturday at the ...

The economist-turned-linguist developed Pinyin, a writing system allowing Chinese characters to be spelled out with Roman letters. Later in life, Zhou became an outspoken critic of the Chinese ...

I was once attacked as an imperialist for spelling the name of the Chinese province Sichuan as Szechwan. This was not totally without grounds — “Szechwan” is the “Postal pinyin” romanization, which ...

BEIJING – 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, ...

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BEIJING — 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, ...

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

BEIJING-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 ...