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 ...

The goal of my new book Chineasy is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognizing characters through simple illustrations and animations. By learning one small set of building blocks, ...

Something is stirring at Amazon. In the past six months the company has been updating the Kindle e-reader with new language options and support for ebooks in Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Icelandic, ...

Speak excellent Chinese with accurate pronunciation and tones, OK if in slightly lower than natural speed. Understand basic grammar rules. Be able to engage in communications on topics taught in the ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Deirdre Mask KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS The Language Revolution That Made China Modern By Jing Tsu One ...

There are a dozen terms native Chinese speakers use to describe what English speakers refer to as the “Chinese language.” Each of those terms has its own cultural and sometimes political affiliation.

A few days ago, I attended a conference hosted by one of the major think tanks in South Korea. It was a bilingual (Chinese-Korean) forum, and a little surprisingly most of the scholars from South ...

To receive the Vogue Business China Edit, sign up here. Fashion has a design issue with Chinese characters, or Hanzi. From luxury labels to streetwear brands, the fashion industry in the West has a ...

The logotype of Muji, the Japanese retail brand famous for its rejection of logos, is appropriately minimalist. In addition to a large print “Muji,” it features four Chinese characters. Taken together ...

Taiwan's Overseas Community Affairs Council has established 88 TCMLs in Europe and the US since 2021, aiming to expand to Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand by 2026. TCMLs offer an alternative ...