Laura Ng had a dual motive for taking Cantonese classes at Stanford. As a PhD student in anthropology, she was researching the history of the Inland Empire Chinatowns. She also wanted to communicate ...

Bruce Xiao trudged ahead of me in his Kishu mandarin orange groves carrying a tiny Chihuahua in one arm. The Kishu, a rare and exceptionally sweet fruit, has a narrow harvest window that typically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. The 1970s was a revolutionary era for Chinese restaurants in America when ...

The vast majority of people, if asked what language is spoken in China, would say: That’s a no-brainer: Chinese, of course! Some might know enough to differentiate between Mandarin Chinese and ...

“They say if you want to kill a city, you kill its language,” said Claudia Mo, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, in a recent video for Vox Borders. Mo was referring to the fact that in ...

Rwanda's appetite for Mandarin continues to surge as thousands of students, professionals and schoolchildren embrace the Chinese language to access scholarships, jobs and business opportunities. Since ...