some members of younger generations use hanyu pinyin and write their surname as "Xiao". In the United States, the surname is also, albeit less commonly, romanized as "Shaw". Simplified Chinese forms The traditional surname 蕭 is currently represented by three different characters derived from traditional Chinese (蕭), simplified Chinese (萧), and the rescinded second-round simplification (肖). Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan maintain traditional Chinese characters and therefore write 蕭. In mainland China and Singapore, where simplified Chinese is used, most linguistics agree the surname should be written as 萧. However, many people in mainland China still have 肖 as their surname in their legal documents for historical reasons (see below). In mainland China, people may regard them as two separate surnames. However, in circumstances where traditional Chinese is used, e.g. in cross-strait relations, this may lead to confusion. People have long been writing the surname 肖 for simplicity, but the form was considered informal and not used in formal texts. However, the second-round Chinese simplification established 肖 as the standard form. When the second-round simplification was rescinded in 1984, some people restored their surname in legal documents to the traditional writing form, but some others did not. Most other surnames do not share these problems. For example, Liao (廖) was simplified to a character with 广 and 了 combined in the second-round simplification. All Liao people reverted to using 廖 after the rescission, because the modification is no longer considered a valid character and cannot be typed into the computer. However, 肖, which has other meanings, is still valid so some people have continued to use this form including in legal documents. Notable people surnamed Xiao Historical figures Xiao He, one of the most highly regarded statesmen in Chinese history and the first Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu of Liang, founder of the Liang Dynasty Xiao Yu Official of the Sui Dynasty and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty Empress Xiao, various Liao dynasty empresses bearing the surname, the most prominent being Xiao Chuo Modern times Anna Sui, American fashion designer. Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao (born 1987), Taiwanese singer, lead singer of band Lion Hsiao Chia-chi, Deputy Mayor of Taichung (2002-2013) Seow Poh Leng (1883–1942), a prominent and successful Singaporean banker, founding member of the Ho Hong Bank, member of the committee of the Straits Settlement (Settlement of Singapore), philanthropist and benefactor of public development works