(Refiles story from March 12 to fix typo in headline) BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China passed a law on a "shared" national ...

In 1935, a group of left-wing students in Shanghai warned that ongoing efforts to reform the Chinese language and make it ...

The law mandates Mandarin as the basic language of instruction from kindergarten through high school across the country and also requires Mandarin for all government and official business.

One of the group's founders appeared on a Chinese talent TV show. Another plays Yiddish and Chinese folk songs on the accordion.

Because most high-quality texts are written in English, AI models perform best in that language. Can languages like Chinese ...

The Asian and Near Eastern Languages Department at BYU hosted its annual Chinese Language Competition in the basement of the ...

The new law means Mandarin will become the official languages for purposes such as education and public affairs. According to human rights groups, the move could contribute to the marginaliation of ...

China officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups, which collectively speak hundreds of languages and dialects. For decades, the government has faced accusations from rights groups and ...

So, we heard from some learners at the start of the programme that they sometimes feel like they can't be themselves when they speak English, and I also know this feeling from my time learning Spanish ...

I’d like to think my mother tongue is something embedded within my genes, something innate, inevitable and instinctual.

China has passed a new law that consolidates its push to assimilate Uyghurs and members of other ethnic minorities.

Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using Mandarin Chinese in compulsory education, among other things.