A native of Dongbei (Northeast China), Fang Yanhong said that while she is concerned about the dialect of her hometown, "the Beijing dialect is dying faster." Fang, a modern Chinese lecturer at ...

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Beijing’s dialect is disappearing, a victim of language standardisation in schools and offices BEIJING To the untutored ear, the Beijing dialect can sound like someone talking with a mouthful of ...

We moved to Beijing, China, to start our journey as Chinese language students. We will spend the next month at LTL Language ...

The map is currently undergoing a one-month trial period on the Beijing Platform for Common Geospatial Information Services. China capital city’s municipal authorities have introduced an ...

This is part of the Chinese infiltration of Canada. From traditional to digital media, Beijing’s control of Chinese-language media in Canada is increasingly sophisticated. Victor Ho, a seasoned ...

Jennifer Liu, director of the Harvard Beijing Academy summer study abroad programme, told student newspaper The Harvard Crimson that the decision was made because of a perceived lack of friendliness ...

Beijing is a heady place for a tourist who can’t speak Mandarin. This was the uncontrived truth that surfaced during long conversations with friends and extensive Google searches on what to expect ...

Every Friday evening throughout the year, the English Corner at Renmin University of China said to be the "No 1 English Corner in Beijing" is swarming with hundreds of Chinese from different quarters ...

A new English-language song released by Chinese state media for the Beijing Winter Olympics has divided opinion, gaining effusive praise on Chinese social media but panned by overseas critics as ...

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