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  • Researchers from Indonesia compared idioms of Chinese zodiac creatures in Bahasa Indonesia and Mandarin
  • They found interesting revelations, such as an almost irrelevancy of dragons in Indonesia when compared to China

Chinese-speaking fans of Marvel’s Moon Knight have taken to social media to blast Ethan Hawke for speaking ‘gibberish’ when he was supposed to be speaking Mandarin on the show.

Applying Western abstraction to Chinese characters, retired Chinese University of Hong Kong art teacher’s acrylic paintings find new meanings in them.

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A new book highlights Hu’s legacy, from his World War II-era diplomacy to championing literature for ordinary Chinese, his humility and charisma.

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Putonghua - the common tongue of northern Chinese - established a ‘dictatorship’ in China under Communist rule, writes James Griffiths, threatening Cantonese with the same fate as other suppressed languages.

Singapore-based LingoAce may benefit from Beijing’s crackdown on off-campus tutoring providers, as potential Chinese competitors face regulatory hurdles to expand their operations.

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Gurdip Singh, a marine technician from Singapore who urged his fans in flawless Cantonese not to work so hard and to drink some tea, has become the latest in a long line of viral sensations.

If the Education Bureau is serious about considering non-Chinese-speaking students’ needs, it should create a DSE Category A Chinese subject for second-language learners.

She went viral for her eloquent translation at the US-China summit in Alaska, winning praise for her language proficiency and beauty alike – netizens have even compared her to famous Chinese actress Zhao Wei

German, Italian and French courses have given way to a meteoric rise in the study of Asian languages, reflecting the global and cultural interests of 21st century students.

According to Unesco research, 25 of China’s spoken languages and dialects are ‘critically endangered’, and around the world thousands have already have been lost over the past century.