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>I thought the given name in Chinese was almost always two characters. Is this not the case?

Mostly in Old, Traditional or Southern part of China.




When was the last time mainland China had a leader with a one character given name?

But ya, it is a matter of preference.


> When was the last time mainland China had a leader with a one character given name?

The person commonly known as Sun Yat-sen in the west. His given name is 文, he used it to sign all official documents.


Crazy that 中山 was his Japanese name....




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