Sim Tze Wei showing a tree denoting the common descent of the Chinese people. A linguist has warned of the impending extinction of Hokkien, popularly regarded as one of Penang’s official languages ...

说闽南语的卓金举（Tok Kim Kiok，音，左）和他妻子罗娥娇（ILaw Ngoh Kiaw，音），看着说英语的孙辈玩耍。 Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times 新加坡——卓家和张家堪称新加坡和谐传统的典范。一个周六的午后，三代家族成员聚在同一屋檐下，吃切好的水果，喝茶，彼此 ...

When Sim Tze Wei began working to raise awareness of the Hokkien language, he never expected he would be accused of trying to divide the Chinese people. “Han Chinese nationalists everywhere are keen ...

SINGAPORE — In efforts to boost the learning of Chinese language and culture, Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) Cultural Academy has partnered National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for ...

Elderly uncles gather around their usual kopitiam table to lim kopi, passionately complaining about the gahmen and their useless grandchildren with their annoying ang moh pop culture. In the same ...

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 ...

An academic and two Chinese associations have voiced concern over the declining use of dialects such as Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew now that Mandarin is gaining popularity with young Malaysian ...

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

The 24-hour channel will feature Hokkien and Mandarin dramas and variety shows sourced from Taiwan and the region. It is also SingTel's first self-packaged channel. Goh Seow Eng, chief, digital home ...

IT was interesting to read Wong Chun Wai’s “Fearing the death of a dialect” (The Star, Dec 3). I’m another hardcore Penangite. As the saying goes, “You can take a Penangite out of Penang; but you can ...