In a busy Chinatown, a foreigner begins switching between four Chinese dialects. Each change triggers surprise and disbelief.

The Year of the Horse 2026 will be welcomed across China with blessings for money, health and more. Here are common ones and ...

(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 ...

In unraveling his family history, writer William Poy Lee had no idea he’d wind up making a declaration of respectability for Toisanese across the America. Yet there he was on stage, in the hoity-toity ...

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 ...

“Ga san hu” is now what you may hear every day if you are a loyal listener of the 2012 radio program A La Ting Xin Wen (Let’s listen to news). Many people were curious about the meaning of ga san hu.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

After weeks of legal uncertainty, Malaysian rapper Namewee has returned to the public eye with the release of his new Chinese ...