In this short clip I play the dramatic friend who refuses to let you stay in bed while teaching simple Chinese phrases. I ...

In this short Mandarin lesson, I explain the real difference between 认识 rènshi and 知道 zhīdào, even though they both translate ...

A better future also motivated Pijus Okunevicius, a student at Kingsford Community School in Newham, East London, who said ...

I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from ...

For two straight years, Lynette Miller tried to get her two children coveted spots at Houston ISD's popular Mandarin Immersion Magnet School. But her kids lingered on the waitlist, which stretched ...

These journeys take children to forests, deserts, rivers and cities, where animals and people have stories to share. As they listen, children will pick up Mandarin words and phrases, and they will ...

China has established language schools in almost every African country. Observers say that's part of a strategy to expand its economic influence across the continent ...

Simply sign up to the Education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is author of ‘Mr China’ and ‘Chinese Rules’ and a visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge Politicians in ...

China has become trendy for Russians who once worshiped everything Western. Young people are learning Mandarin, and Chinese culture and goods have become ubiquitous in Moscow. By Ivan Nechepurenko ...

More Cambodians are enrolling in Chinese language classes to access job opportunities and tap into the growing presence of Chinese businesses as the country's investment reshapes Cambodia's economy.

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: When you travel in China - as our team has been doing - you meet a fair number of people who know English. Millions of Chinese citizens have been educated in the United States.

DESPITE no one in her family speaking the language, a woman from Butterworth, Penang, was so passionate about learning Mandarin that she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language and Linguistics ...