African nations are adding Chinese to their national curricula, but the roll-out is hampered by a lack of qualified teachers.

In a lecture room at the University of Dodoma's Confucius Institute in Tanzania, Tausi Iddi Nzimano, known by her Chinese name as Lin Shi, switches effortlessly between Mandarin and Swahili as she ...

Dressed in a cyan Qipao and an opera-style headdress, Maria Lejczak's performance of traditional Chinese Huangmei Opera captivated the audience at the 2026 Chinese Bridge Language Proficiency ...

I've been studying Mandarin Chinese for about a decade, and even after many classes, living in Beijing, and countless hours of studying and practicing, the learning process can still be painfully ...

For 17-year-old Sofia Parra, who is from Almeria in southern Spain and the champion of Spain's secondary school division at this year's Chinese Bridge final in May, the journey to study Chinese ...

The 17th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), held May 2-3, 2024, featured a cross-disciplinary approach to explore how AI transforms education and spotlight innovations and insights in ...

Chinese languages form a diverse branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, encompassing a continuum of regional varieties often referred to as “dialects” yet exhibiting differences akin to distinct languages ...

English is the global lingua franca, a language widely used among those who speak different languages. Language is a bridge to communicate well. Spanish is the easiest to learn for someone who speaks ...

Zambian students perform speeches, dances and songs during the national finals of the 2026 Chinese Bridge Competition in ...

While English tends to view the ‘Chinese language’ as a monolith, the phrase actually represents a large diversity of both written and spoken languages, many of which are not mutually understandable.