Taiwan Travelogue” and its Booker Prize win highlight the nuances – and controversies – of contemporary culture in Taiwan.

A January 2026 report suggests Beijing is now targeting the digital communities that were Mongolian speakers’ last refuge – ...

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is working to preserve and revive its language. Here are some common English words ...

Taiwan is usually discussed in Australia through geopolitics, but Taiwan Travelogue makes it visible as a lived society.

While English tends to view the ‘Chinese language’ as a monolith, the phrase actually represents a large diversity of both written and spoken languages, many of which are not mutually understandable.

Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had ...

Chinese languages form a diverse branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, encompassing a continuum of regional varieties often referred to as “dialects” yet exhibiting differences akin to distinct languages ...

SINGAPORE - To encourage children to use Mandarin in their daily lives, it should be taught as an everyday language and not just as an examination subject, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on April 25 ...

A series of cultural events have been held in multiple locations worldwide to mark the 2026 United Nations Chinese Language Day. On Monday, a special celebration commemorating both the Chinese ...

When I was growing up in the Caribbean, I knew three things about my identity: I am ethnic Chinese, I was born in Hong Kong and I have Hakka heritage. Who are the Hakkas, some of you might be ...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Shih-ming (林思銘) on Tuesday criticized the Hakka Affairs Council for a NT$57 million (US$1.8 million) subsidy granted to the film The Photo from 1977 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Hsinchu County Government said Tuesday it launched an overseas Hakka language program in Brisbane, Australia, to promote the language globally and strengthen cultural ties.