Is the Chinese writing system a sufficient reason on its own to guarantee that Mandarin will not become a global language like English? That’s what someone asked me after I discussed the prima facie ...

A lively chronicle of the inventors who gave their all to make the Chinese script compatible with modern life “If the Chinese script is not abolished, China will certainly perish!” So said the ...

To receive the Vogue Business China Edit, sign up here. Fashion has a design issue with Chinese characters, or Hanzi. From luxury labels to streetwear brands, the fashion industry in the West has a ...

An oracle bone on display at the National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang, Henan province. [Photo by Zuo Dongchen/For China Daily] The National Museum of Chinese Writing near the Yin Ruins of ...

“Yi, er, san . . .” A Chinese language student counts each stroke while writing the Chinese character for “big”, 大. This seems like a simple process, but new evidence suggests that studying Chinese ...

This year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) Chinese reading paper had some tricky questions, while the writing paper was more difficult than usual, according to Chinese tutors. Almost 45,000 ...