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As someone that's tried to learn Chinese (and married to someone who is Chinese), it's just crazy to find the guy that invented pinyin. That's how I know Chinese, all through pinyin. It would all just be sounds to me otherwise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin But that aside, it's cool that this guy is a pain in the PRC's ass. I think it also shows how complicated political censorship is there. It seems to stretch to different extents all the time.