Two hit TV shows test ability to write Chinese characters Smartphones%2C computers have left many Chinese forgetting how to write common words Chinese tripped up by characters for sneeze%2C chin%2C ...

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 ...

This research was conducted with Simon Jerome Han as lead author. Piers Kelly receives funding from an ARC DECRA Fellowship. Charles Kemp's work on this project was supported by an ARC Future ...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, students around the world are increasingly interested in learning Chinese. Some are drawn by the pull of a foreign culture or the challenges of a new language; ...

I HOPE readers will forgive three posts in a row on this topic, but an interesting thread is emerging from the discussion of written Chinese: how technology is making the situation both better and ...

Few languages are so associated with their written form as is Chinese. The mere mention of the language calls to mind an elaborate, beautiful and—to outsiders—mysterious script. The Chinese themselves ...