What makes this moment particularly striking is that Chinese did not originally have gendered pronouns at all. The character ...

The new proposals aim to protect national symbols and threaten action against those obstructing the use of the standard ...

China's spoken and written language law was revised by the nation's top legislator on Saturday, reflecting the need for the ...

Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found ...

An introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese, stressing oral-aural facility and the integration of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Five hours of ...

China is rapidly expanding its "soft power" across Africa by establishing numerous Confucius Institutes, offering Mandarin language and culture. While providing scholarships, critics argue these ...

Lately, there have been news reports regarding protests in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in the north of China, over the introduction of a “bilingual” education system in elementary and middle ...

The Chinese government has now blocked Wikipedia in all languages inside the country, the BBC reports. The total block of one of the world’s most popular websites has been ongoing since April.