The introduction of the Mandarin Chinese language to East African school curricula signals China’s growing influence in Africa as a global superpower. China has sponsored CIs since 2004 and hundreds ...

The official language of China is Mandarin Chinese, or Putonghua, which means common speech. It is the standard language for government, education, and media, and is based on the Beijing dialect, usin ...

There are a dozen terms native Chinese speakers use to describe what English speakers refer to as the “Chinese language.” Each of those terms has its own cultural and sometimes political affiliation.

A new opportunity for people to learn Mandarin Chinese in Wake County is all because of a partnership between the United States and Taiwan. The North Carolina Raleigh Taiwan Center for Mandarin ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

Wanning Sun receives funding from the Australian Research Council ( DP180100663, 2018-2020). The question of how much influence the Chinese government wields on the Mandarin-speaking community in ...

New Horizons Nigeria has integrated the Chinese language, Mandarin, into its Information and Communication Technology curriculum, offering students a strategic advantage in the global technology ...

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I've been studying Chinese — one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn — for over a decade Though you can't learn Chinese with apps alone, technology can be a great tool for language ...