China's spoken and written language law was revised by the nation's top legislator on Saturday, reflecting the need for the ...

Comprising five chapters and 32 articles, the revised law is set to take effect on Jan 1, 2026. It aims to strengthen ...

An introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese, stressing oral-aural facility and the integration of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Five hours of ...

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.

With the continuing rise of China as a global economic and trading power, there is no barrier to prevent Chinese from becoming a global language like English, according to new research. With the ...

What makes this moment particularly striking is that Chinese did not originally have gendered pronouns at all. The character ...