Interesting summary of the history of pinyin, the system for rendering Chinese in the Latin alphabet. 9 minutes. https://thechinaproject.com/2023/02/08/the-birth-of-pinyin/
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The birth of pinyin – The China Project

On February 11, 1958, the People's Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet. The move was revolutionary.

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