Apple is also launching an AutoMix feature that creates continuous playlists based on previously played songs, a potential ...

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 ...

But there’s an easy way to learn Chinese pronunciation quickly: through pinyin. Pinyin is a system of romanizing Chinese characters, a.k.a. writing Chinese words with the Roman alphabet.

Article 9 of the proposed regulation stipulates a uniform approach to Romanization, mandating that all geographic names in China adhere to the Hanyu pinyin system. This system, which has been the ...

Zhou Youguang (漢語拼音之父周有光) is the scholar who invented pinyin, a system of romanisation for Chinese characters Since 1958, Chinese primary school students have learnt pinyin, before they learn ...

In statements and articles, the Chinese foreign ministry and state media have dramatically increased their use of pinyin. For instance, they have replaced "Nansha Islands" with "Nansha Qundao" to ...