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.
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  1. Wow what a great interview with such an amazing man. Thanks for sharing it Luke.

  2. 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.