It was the language of China's last imperial dynasty which ruled a vast kingdom for nearly three centuries. But 71-year-old Ji Jinlu is among only a handful of native Manchu speakers left. Traders and ...

Poetry is the language of the soul and a bridge across cultures. A co-production of China Media Group, the Ministry of ...

Very often, such stories suggest that increased attention to English is the major cause of the deterioration of Chinese language skills. Indeed, this anxious refrain recurs frequently enough that many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping claps during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5. Chinese President Xi Jinping claps during the ...

The 2025 "Chinese Language Teaching Idols," an international Chinese language teaching skills exchange event, has concluded in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

(New York) – The Chinese government should reverse its new policy of increasingly replacing Mongolian with Mandarin Chinese as the language of instruction in Inner Mongolia schools, Human Rights Watch ...