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Note on Romanization
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note on romanization The pinyin system of romanization is generally used in this book, with a few exceptions. Older romanizations of names and terms are used where these traditional transcriptions are more familiar to Western readers—for example, “Chiang Kai-shek” instead of “Jiang Jieshi,” or “Sun Yat-sen” instead of “Sun Zhongshan.” In these cases, at the first appearance of an older romanization, its new form is provided in parentheses. xi ...