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... Pinyin romanization system . This system was adopted by the Chinese government beginning in 1956 and since 1979 has been the officially prescribed system in publishing for English - speaking countries . In addition , the index contains ...
... Pinyin romanization system . This system was adopted by the Chinese government beginning in 1956 and since 1979 has been the officially prescribed system in publishing for English - speaking countries . In addition , the index contains ...
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... Pinyin equiva- lents for geographic names rendered in conven- tional spelling or in the Wade - Giles romaniza- tion system . Most English - language reference works , including the Macropædia and the Mi- cropædia , use conventional ...
... Pinyin equiva- lents for geographic names rendered in conven- tional spelling or in the Wade - Giles romaniza- tion system . Most English - language reference works , including the Macropædia and the Mi- cropædia , use conventional ...
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... Pinyin ) . The name Tibet is derived from the Mongo- lian Thubet , the Chinese Tufan , the Tai Thibet , and the Arabic Tubbat . Before the 1950s Tibet was a unique entity that sought isolation from the rest of the world . It constituted ...
... Pinyin ) . The name Tibet is derived from the Mongo- lian Thubet , the Chinese Tufan , the Tai Thibet , and the Arabic Tubbat . Before the 1950s Tibet was a unique entity that sought isolation from the rest of the world . It constituted ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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