Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ethnic minority delegate arrives before the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People ...

In 1935, a group of left-wing students in Shanghai warned that ongoing efforts to reform the Chinese language and make it easier for the mostly illiterate population to learn risked “setting up a ...

China has passed a sweeping new law aimed at forging a "shared" national identity among the Han Chinese majority and the 55 recognised ethnic minorities, a move Beijing says will strengthen cohesion ...

An introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese, stressing oral-aural facility and the integration of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Five hours of ...

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh How is the Chinese government marking international mother language day on February 21? By legalizing the erasure of ...

Law promotes Mandarin as primary language of education and government China has 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, including Han Chinese Han, who speak Mandarin, make up 91% of the population ...

China Passes New Ethnic Minority Law, Prioritises Use of Mandarin Language (Refiles story from March 12 to fix typo in headline) BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - ⁠China ⁠passed a law on a "shared" ...

China passed a law on a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority groups on Thursday (March 13), a move critics say will ⁠further erode the identity of people who are not ...

China passed a law on a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority ‌groups on Thursday, a move critics say will further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han ...