One of the early attempts was an electro-mechanical Chinese typewriter Ming kwai () which was invented by Lin Yutang, a prominent Chinese writer.

It is the home of famous writer Lin Yutang, the summer residence of Chiang Kai-shek, residences of foreign diplomats, the Chinese Culture University, the meeting place of the now defunct National Assembly of the Republic of China, and the Kuomintang Party Archives.

Lin Yutang, who had studied at Harvard and Leipzig, introduced the concept of youmo ( humor ), which he used in trenchant criticism of China's political and cultural situation before leaving for the United States.

* The Chuang-tzu, translated by Lin Yutang

On the other hand, the popular scholar Lin Yutang cast Wang as the equivalent of communist totalitarian government in his biography of Wang's adversary Su Dongpo.

* Cooking with the Chinese Flavor ( 1956 ) and subsequent books by Lin Tsuifeng (" Mrs. Lin Yutang ")

Lin Yutang ( October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976 ) was a Chinese writer and inventor.

Lin themed conventions have been organized in Taiwan and Lin's native Fujian, and in December 2011, the International Conference on the Cross-cultural Legacy of Lin Yutang in China and America was held at City University of Hong Kong, with with professional and private scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, the United States, Germany and Slovakia.

The organizer of the conference was Dr. Qian Suoqiao, whose book, Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity ( Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2010 ) was the first ( and still only ) full length academic study of Lin in any language.

( courtesy Lin Yutang House )

* ( 1935 ) Kaiming English Materials ( Three Volumes ) co-written by Lin Yutang and Lin you-ho ( Shanghai: Oriental Book Co .)

* ( 1951 ) Widow, Nun and Courtesan: Three Novelettes From the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang, A John Day Book Company

* ( 1952 ) Famous Chinese Short Stories, retold by Lin Yutang, The John Day Book Company, reprinted 1952, Washington Square Press

* ( 1972 ) Chinese Gastronomy, Pyramid Publications ; 1977 reprint: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ( introduction by Dr. Lin Yutang )

Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity.

* Works by or about Lin Yutang at Internet Archive ( scanned books original editions )

* Lin Yutang Biography & Photograph Collection

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Lin Yutang ( 林語堂 ) once called Liang " the greatest personality in the history of Chinese journalism ," while Joseph Levenson, author of Liang Ch ' i-ch ' ao and the Mind of Modern China, described Liang as " a brilliant scholar, journalist, and political figure.

* Lin McLean's Honey-Moon ( 1895 )

* Lin Yutang ( 林语堂 ), 1895 – 1976, international author, cultural ambassador and inventor.

* 1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player

( In a display of authorial equity, the former is usually called the Kernighan – Lin algorithm, while the latter is styled Lin – Kernighan.

The Lancer / Ace editions ( 1966 – 1977 ), under the direction of de Camp and Lin Carter, were the first comprehensive paperbacks, compiling the material from the Gnome Press series together in chronological order with all the remaining original Howard material, including that left unpublished in his lifetime and fragments and outlines.

* 1907 – Lin Biao, Chinese Communist military leader ( d. 1971 )

* 1986 – Gao Lin, Chinese footballer

* 1980 – Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player

* 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1. 2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.

* 1976 – Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer

* 1991 – Lin Yue, Chinese diver

* 1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer

* 1980 – Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist

# Lin Fong-cheng ( 林豐正 ) ( 2000 – 2005 )

In 2002, Lin was elected Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University ( upon whose campus sits another of Lin's designs: the Women's Table – designed to commemorate the role of women at Yale University ), in an unusually public contest.

* 1991 – Lin Lin, Chinese-born Japanese singer ( Morning Musume and Shin Minimoni )

* Some Sword and planet series, such as Michael Moorcock's Kane of Old Mars trilogy ( 1965 ) and Lin Carter's Mysteries of Mars ( 1973 – 1984 ) are deliberately anachronistic homages to earlier visions of Mars, particularly Burroughs '.

* 1978 – Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer

* 1975 – Kelly Lin, Chinese actress

* 1982 – Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer

* 1983 – Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player

* 1971 – People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao.

; Pairwise exchange, or Lin – Kernighan heuristics: The pairwise exchange or 2-opt technique involves iteratively removing two edges and replacing these with two different edges that reconnect the fragments created by edge removal into a new and shorter tour.