Sleep is critical for all sorts of reasons, but a team of international scientists has discovered a new incentive for getting eight hours of sleep every night: it helps the brain to store and learn a ...

This multiculturalist position was largely adopted by the Communist Party, then in the midst of a brutal civil war with the ruling Kuomintang, which saw language policy as a key means of maintaining ...

New legislation formalises Mandarin as dominant language, grants sweeping powers to curb minority cultural expression — and reaches beyond China's borders | World News ...

In a decision that essentially ends ethnic minorities’ token autonomy, China has passed a new law to push Han identity and ...

BEIJING: China passed a law on a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups on Thursday, a move ...

China has 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, dominated by the Han Chinese, who account for more than 91% of the country’s 1.4 billion people. The ethnic minority populations, like Tibetans, ...

Beijing has long been accused of restricting the rights of minority ethnic groups in regions like Tibet China has approved a ...

Critics say the move will further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han Chinese and risk making anyone ...

Rwanda's appetite for Mandarin continues to surge as thousands of students, professionals and schoolchildren embrace the Chinese language to access scholarships, jobs and business opportunities. Since ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...