Between 1993 and 1995, I taught English in Hsinchu for the China External Trade Development Council (CETRA). CETRA is now the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and its name change ...

In 1958, a brand new writing system was introduced in China called Pinyin. It used the Roman alphabet to help simplify Chinese characters into words. The mastermind behind Pinyin was a professor ...

FEW people live to 111. Fewer still leave as big a mark on linguistic lives as Zhou Youguang, who died on January 14th. Mr Zhou was the chief architect of pinyin, the system that the Chinese use to ...

Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang, who created the writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet, has died aged 111. Mr Zhou and a Communist party ...

Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.

Google does not include a preinstalled way to type in Chinese on an Android device, but it does offer an official application that adds this feature to your smartphone. By downloading the Google ...

In 1958, a brand new writing system was introduced in China by a professor called Zhou Youguang. It was called Pinyin and it helped to rapidly increase Chinese literacy levels. Show more In 1958, a ...