A poster for the 2026 United Nations Chinese Language Day and 80th Anniversary of Chinese Translation Service Photo: ...

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 ...

When the communists took over mainland, the literacy rate in China was below 20 percent. It is now 95 percent, according to some estimates. The same rate among young people (15 to 24 years old) is now ...

China has been carrying out propaganda that it cares for its minority communities, putting forth this perspective at various international forums, such as the United Nations Human Rights Council and ...

This summer, Dartmouth’s Chinese language study abroad program returned to Beijing after a five year pause, according to Asian societies, cultures and languages department chair Edward Miller. The ...

The official language of China is Mandarin Chinese, or Putonghua, which means common speech. It is the standard language for government, education, and media, and is based on the Beijing dialect, ...

Efforts are underway in parts of China to strip English-language education of some of its importance within the country's school systems, a move that has been widely applauded online. The Beijing ...

China has one of the oldest civilisations in the world, with more than 1.4 billion people, whose territories cover a large ...