China and the Chinese (Dodo Press) by Herbert Allen Giles

China and the Chinese (Dodo Press)

Herbert Allen Giles

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nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system established by Thomas Wade earlier, resulting in the Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. He ...

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