Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Qingdao -TsingTao is old postal system romantization.
Zhonghua - ChungHwa is Wade-Giles romantization.
State Trademark Bureau explained that the staff in 1958 after the enactment of modern Chinese Phonetic Alphabet will require the use of standard Hanyu Pinyin. However, some old, well-known brands, had been in use for non-standard alphabet, so the state agreed to maintain the status quo, with the Chinese tobacco "CHUNGHWA" trademark.
It's what I call 'Taiwan pinyin'. Kind of like how Taichung is really 台中.