Thousands of years of Chinese linguistic heritage have come down to this: a squabble over Tom and Jerry. Dubbed into regional Chinese dialects, the warring cat and mouse have been huge TV hits _ and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top image: Rice / Zachary Tang On 15 June, local musician Gentle Bones responded in English to a Mandarin host at the Singapore ...

SINGAPORE >> The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a ...

(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 ...

On his recent track “Stupid Foreigners,” rapper Cai Zhenhong — better known as “Xie Di” or “Fat Shady” — rails against arrogant and entitled expatriates living in his homeland. Although it drew ...

Reporting from Beijing — In Guangzhou, the city formerly known as Canton, Chinese government banners hang in primary schools with instructions to use the country’s official language, Mandarin, also ...

China’s media regulator, the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, has ruled that any skein dealing with the 1949 Chinese revolution as well as children’s series, historical dramas and screen ...

For a country so thoroughly associated with its national language, referred to in the West as Mandarin, China is remarkably rich in linguistic diversity. Unfortunately, the country's rapid development ...

BEIJING — China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying that 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional ...

SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a ...