The vast majority of people, if asked what language is spoken in China, would say: That’s a no-brainer: Chinese, of course! Some might know enough to differentiate between Mandarin Chinese and ...

Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang said there are no plans to introduce Chinese dialects as an elective in ...

THE Chinese community in Malaysia has seven major subdivisions with their own dialects and customs. This means there are seven ways to pronounce the same Chinese words. The seven Chinese dialects ...

Take a walk through Chinatown in one of Australia's major capital cities, and you're more than likely to hear the Chinese dialect of Cantonese being spoken. It's a tonal, guttural language ...

There are currently no plans to introduce Chinese dialects as an elective in the schools. Students who are interested in learning dialects can explore classes organised by the Chinese clan ...

The dialect lends itself to rap because it’s softer than Mandarin Chinese and there are a lot more rhymes, says 25-year-old rapper Kidway, from a town just outside Chengdu. “Take the word ...