Suxia Chen is a language star with a twist – one of the “foreign” languages she’s learned to excel in is English. Chen is proficient in three Chinese dialects, Cantonese, Fuzhouese and Mandarin, and ...

SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a ...

(Reuters) - China has been promoting Mandarin as the national language for decades to boost unity in a country with thousands of dialects and minority tongues. Here are some facts about language and ...

GUANGDONG, South China — For three centuries, quiet Zurong Village at the southernmost tip of China’s mainland hasn’t had much to offer visitors, aside from tropical fruit. But that all changed when a ...

Dialects are an important part of local culture and now many kids even don’t know how to speak their dialects because the dominant use of Mandarin around them. It would be a pity if future generations ...

On a night in late October, Zhao Yuhe was flabbergasted to receive the Best Actress Award at a film festival in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. Standing warily in the spotlight on stage, ...

The central government has promoted the use of simplified Chinese characters in printing since the 1950s and '60s to increase literacy. Traditional Chinese characters are still in public use in Hong ...

GROWING UP in the Dabie mountains of western Anhui at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Yu Yan learned from a young age that many innocent acts could get her into trouble, starting with using her ...

Alibaba has launched a 100 million-yuan ($15 million) initiative aimed at preserving Chinese dialects, the e-commerce giant’s AI Labs division announced Wednesday, according to a report by The Beijing ...

To take advantage of the coming travel season, the OgilvyOne-led digital campaign is a short-term stimulus for declining room occupancy rates, said Lincoln Barrett, IHG's vice president of ...