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The case for Tongyong Pinyin

As the controversy surrounding Mandarin Romanization systems continues, Yu Bor-chuan, an associate researcher at the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica and the leader of the team which invented the Tongyong Pinyin system, spoke exclusively with the `Taipei Times.'

By Lin Mei-chun  /  STAFF REPORTER

If people find these historic names perplexing, we do not object to using both historic and modern names. As long as maps and street signs take the same name, I am sure there would be no confusion. The most important point is standardization, how to spell is a matter of habit.

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