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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.
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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 ...