Beijing has ramped up efforts to use pinyin - the romanisation of Mandarin script - when referring to disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea in English, seeking to bolster its territorial ...

A 6-part course on "Read it! Communicate!" Chinese pronunciation, held regularly! —Start with Pinyin, and let's actually read ...

Have you ever felt lost when trying to pronounce or understand a Chinese name? Well, you're not alone. It's a challenge many of us face, and it stems from the way Chinese names are romanized using ...

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs is seeking public comments on a draft proposal aimed at governing the use of place names throughout the country. The new measures are designed to set a uniform ...

I decided to start learning Chinese. But I didn't know where to begin. I bought a vocabulary book, but I didn't know how to ...

Zhou Youguang, a onetime Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanized writing system that has helped more than 1 billion Chinese and countless foreigners learn Mandarin, died Jan.

Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events ...

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 ...