Today, many young Chinese are caught between a belief in the importance of cultural confidence and the need to exist in a globalized world in which English carries economic privileges and professional opportunities.
Indonesia suspended diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China from 1967 to 1990 and restricted Chinese-language lessons and literature. But the two countries now have robust political and commercial connections, and large numbers of young Indonesians are learning Mandarin.
“Beyond being respectful to your host country, there are serious cultural and cognitive benefits to learning even just a little bit of a foreign language.”
On February 11, 1958, the People's Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet. The move was revolutionary.
They came here wishing for a “happily-ever-after.” That’s not what happened. Junyao Yang talked to survivors of intimate partner abuse in the U.S. to learn about their struggles for safety in a strange land.
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At a time when more and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language, a new study has highlighted the difficulty of the shift in one office in Shanghai and shed light on the possible influence of culture on the mechanisms of organizational power and resistance.
New education standards are shrinking the space for Mongolian-language instruction in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The policy change has sparked widespread protest, but Beijing is unlikely to change course.
Last Thursday’s episode of the Sinica Podcast featured Mark Rowsell, a.k.a. Dashan, and David Moser talking about the Chinese language — referencing this article by...
There’s an argument currently happening on Chinese social media about the value of learning English. The very same conversation can be had about foreigners learning...