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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Washington Post

Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, 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 Mandarin, died Jan.
Seattle Times

Zhou Youguang, father of China’s modern writing system, dies at age 111

Zhou Youguang, known as the father of Pinyin for creating the system of Romanized Chinese writing that has become the international standard since its introduction some 60 years ago, died Saturday in ...