When President Obama welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House on Wednesday, he was joined by a group of students from Washington, D.C.'s Yu Ying Public Charter School. It's a ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

Chinese, the most commonly spoken language in the world, is challenging to master. Rather than an alphabet, Chinese has thousands of characters. On top of that, the language is tonal, so how you speak ...

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Speak excellent Chinese with accurate pronunciation and tones, OK if in slightly lower than natural speed. Understand basic grammar rules. Be able to engage in communications on topics taught in the ...

Student learn to write the Chinese characters during a lesson at a school in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] More than 70 countries and regions had incorporated the Chinese language into ...

A Chinese craftsman (right) introduces the art of paper-cutting to international students at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Changsha, Hunan province, on Thursday, in celebration of ...

African nations are adding Chinese to their national curricula, but the roll-out is hampered by a lack of qualified teachers As China's relationship with African countries has deepened, the country's ...