What is the correct style/format when including Chinese translations in academic articles?
If I'm writing a scholarly article I normally put the Chinese first (Pinyin italicized and before characters) like this:


  Many songs were written to praise the Chinese Communist Party and the zǔguó 祖国 ‘Motherland’.


The reason is that for a linguistically inclined and Chinese-reading audience I'd give primacy to Chinese term. But if it's intended for ordinary readers, I'd make the English the primary focus, this way:


  Many songs were written to praise the Chinese Communist Party and the ‘Motherland’ (zǔguó 祖国).