The Guardian has a pretty cool interview with 102 year old(!) Zhou Youguang (周有光), the creator of Pinyin. The interview is short but worthwhile.
“People call me the father of Pinyin…”
March 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Chinese Language
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1 Tory Bennett // Mar 4, 2008 at 10:33 am
Wow what a great interview with such an amazing man. Thanks for sharing it Luke.
2 Luke // Mar 4, 2008 at 11:19 am
Glad you liked it!
Pinyin takes a while to understand (at least for me it did), but once you grasp it the genius of the system is astounding.
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