AGLC4 Rule 16.4.1: General Rules

Cite a Chinese secondary source under the ordinary rule for its type, together with rule 26.4 and rule 16.1. Each Chinese element is followed by its translation in square brackets, characters or pinyin are kept as in the source, and guillemets replace italics for characters. Where the source carries both a Chinese and an English title, give both, italicising the English one if the source type calls for italics.

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Formatting

  • The author name in characters is followed by the pinyin in square brackets, then a comma.
  • An article title in characters goes inside guillemets with no quotation marks, followed by its English translation in square brackets.
  • The year is in round brackets for a journal organised by volume, followed by volume and issue in the form 12(2).
  • A journal name in characters is roman, and an English journal title printed on the source follows it in italics without square brackets.
  • The starting page follows the journal name, then a comma and the pinpoint.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 225
  1. 16
    蔡永彤 [Cai Yongtong], «WTO服务市场开放研究及相关法律问题探析 —以法律服务市场开放为视角» [Research on the Opening Up of the WTO Services Market and Analysis Related Legal Questions — From the Perspective of the Opening Up of the Legal Services Market] (2004) 12(2) 山西经济管理干部学院学报 Journal of Shanxi Institute of Economic Management 60, 63.

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.