The People's Republic of China part of the Biographical Database provides short biographies of individuals involved in the progress of Chinese and relative East Asian history after the People's Republic of China was declared, October 1, Chinese names will be alphabetically sorted according to Pinyin romanization of the Chinese name they will appear without the pinyin accent marks.
Older pronunciations, former romanizations, other translations and variations will be present next to the pinyin translation. There may be more than a few exceptions to this general rule, depending on the names most commonly associated with the person, independent of romanization issues, such as Chiang Kai-shek. Where possible, names will include Chinese character references in either traditional BIG5 or simplified GB characters or both. Western names will be alphabetically sorted according to western biographical standards, or by surname.
If there is a Chinese equivalent, it will be present next to the western name. This is equivalent to the widely used BC Before Christ and a. Ante Christum Natum "before the birth of Christ". Dates reflecting a time period after the year '0' are categorized as CE in the Common Era.
As the Chinese culture in the majority do not subscribe to the practice of Christianity as a religion, it seemed appropriate to signify these dates in a neutral manner.
Dates before October are given in the Julian calendar, not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Dates after October are given in the Gregorian calendar, not in the Julian calendar that remained in use in England until The links to pictures are currently down for repairs.
