Thousands of years of Chinese linguistic heritage have come down to this: a squabble over Tom and Jerry. Dubbed into regional Chinese dialects, the warring cat and mouse have been huge TV hits _ and a ...
Thousands of native dialects have fallen into decline since China started the "Popularizing Putonghua" campaign in 1956. The decline has been accelerated by the booming economy and other developments ...
Reporting from Beijing — In Guangzhou, the city formerly known as Canton, Chinese government banners hang in primary schools with instructions to use the country’s official language, Mandarin, also ...
GROWING UP in the Dabie mountains of western Anhui at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Yu Yan learned from a young age that many innocent acts could get her into trouble, starting with using her ...
SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a ...
A Chinese woman has taught herself more than 10 of the country’s myriad of dialects to help people locate their lost relatives. Her dedication to dialects in the service of finding missing people has ...
SINGAPORE >> The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a ...
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