HeraldNet

Zhou Youguang, who created Pinyin writing system, dies at 111

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 to read and write ...
WKAR

China's Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111

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 ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Zhou Youguang's Pinyin writing system helped modernise China

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Zhou Youguang, a one-time Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanised writing system that has helped more than 1 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Zhou Youguang, linguist who developed modern China’s Pinyin Romanized writing system, dies at 111

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 ...
scmp.com

Command of written Chinese declines in digital era

A popular spelling competition run on state broadcaster CCTV has reinforced fears Chinese are losing their grasp of their own written language - thanks, it appears, to computer and mobile device ...
scmp.com

Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernise China, dies at 111

Zhou Youguang, a onetime Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanised writing system that has helped more than 1 billion Chinese and countless foreigners learn to read and write ...
Toronto Star

Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system transformed China, dies at 111

Zhou Youguang, a one-time Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanized writing system that has helped more than 1 billion Chinese and countless foreigners learn to read and write ...