Mazel Tofu, a collective of Jewish Mandarin speakers that formed two years ago through an only-in-New York tale of serendipity and Jewish geography.

Many Kazakh students are now studying Chinese, while universities and language centers across the country are introducing new Chinese language ...

We all speak the language of chemistry. That’s what we have in common, regardless of our country of origin, our country of residence, or the other languages we speak. That range of origins, countries, ...

Leicester’s Confucius Institute (CI) have won two top awards at this year’s Chinese Teaching Championships for ...

With 121 journalists detained, China is the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, ranking at the bottom of the  Reporters ...

A forum on the development of people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and France is held in Paris, France, May ...

Dave Duda and wife Hong Liang share in a laugh at Duda's Book Trader Cafe in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Duda and Liang met in China with neither knowing each others' language. The ...

A healthcare professional and poet discusses healing the spirit, New Zealand’s landscape, and using poetry to witness ...

I’d like to think my mother tongue is something embedded within my genes, something innate, inevitable and instinctual.

China officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups, which collectively speak hundreds of languages and dialects. For decades, the government has faced accusations from rights groups and ...

The education section of the Chinese embassy in the UK hosts a reception on Oct 15 in London to welcome the Mandarin Excellence Program participants who completed their immersive educational trips in ...

Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using Mandarin Chinese in compulsory education, among other things.