The 17th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), held May 2-3, 2024, featured a cross-disciplinary approach to explore how AI transforms education and spotlight innovations and insights in ...

The Chinese World Language Program was first implemented in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 1999, starting with only 3 schools. The program has since grown to 45 schools (24 elementary and middle ...

What does it mean to learn the Chinese language? Schools across the globe have generally presumed a consistent, straightforward answer to this question: it would mean learning standard Mandarin, ...

The late, great sinologist Simon Leys once pointed out a peculiar paradox. China is the world’s oldest surviving civilization, and yet very little material of its past remains—far less than in Europe ...

April 20 is the United Nations Chinese Language Day. The date marks the sixth Chinese solar term “Guyu” (穀雨), which is celebrated to honour Cangjie (倉頡), a legendary figure who invented the written ...

As explained in a previous post, there is not only one Chinese language but many variants and dialects. It was only after the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1912, that Mandarin, a ...

President Xi Jinping has encouraged young Sinologists to present a true, multidimensional and panoramic image of China to the world, and serve as messengers to promote mutual understanding between ...

The 2025 World Chinese Language Conference, hosted by the Ministry of Education, kicked off at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Friday, drawing nearly 5,000 participants from more ...