Sat, Oct 05, 2002 - Page 2 News List

Tide of Romanization could shift

POLITICAL FORTUNES The Cabinet's approval of Tongyong Pinyin as the nation's official system for Romanization may flounder because local government disagree

By Ko Shu-ling  /  STAFF REPORTER

In addition to Tonyong and Hanyu, there are two more commonly used systems: a modified version of Wade-Giles, which was created by British scholars in the 19th century and is currently being used for most proper nouns in English newspapers in Taiwan, and Second Chuyin (注音二式).

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