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ROMANIZATION OF CHINESE GEOGRAPHIC NAMES IN DESCRIPTIVE AND SUBJECT HEADINGS March 29, 2002 Geonet (GNS), the website of the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN), is the reference source used by the Library of Congress to establish headings for place names. Headings for Chinese jurisdictions should be established in conformance with approved GNS forms, or romanized in a manner analogous to similar forms recommended by GNS (exception noted below in section 2A). 1. Distinguish systematic romanization from GNS form While Chinese is always systematically romanized in descriptive st