Taiwan to switch to Hanyu pinyin? – China News

www.pekingduck.org — According to a somewhat rumour-like posting on a message board, Taiwan may be looking at switching to Hanyu pinyin - at least officially. 50 comments in 24 hours at the Duck, "hot topic" doesn't cover it.

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