I do not understand why...


... IMDb are mentioning the Chinese films with their Chinese title (Jiang shan mei ren) written with Latin letters, instead of their international title (An Empress and the Warriors), so that one can search for.

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Because it gives Chinese people the opportunity to find movies, while at the same time, giving English readers the chance to find it without having to read Hanzi.

Most people don't know that Chinese people learn to read Latin letters long before they ever learn to read characters: they're first words are learned in Pinyin, and that is taught them using the Latin alphabet.

..Joe

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