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Father of pinyin

By Alan Simon | China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-26 07:50

Father of pinyin

Zhou Youguang's hearing may be poor, but he has never stopped writing. Guan Xin

The man perched over the table is 103 years old and a virtual unknown in China. In fact, Zhou Youguang should be a household name for it was he, more than 50 years ago, who created pinyin.

Father of pinyin

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