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In China’s Array of Dialects, Emerging Writers Find a New Voice

While novels in regional dialects aren’t new in China, they have surged in popularity among young writers in recent years, particularly amid increased social media exposure. read more

Is there a place for Chinese dialects in film and TV today? Media veterans weigh in

Money No Enough film-maker Jack Neo says that some dialect policies are now "obsolete". Read more at straitstimes.com. read more

The myth of the “Chinese” language

Middlebury College has allowed a mistake to face the public and its students since 1966. That mistake is the name of the Chinese department’s language courses: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced ... read more

Speak Dialect Campaign? Gen Z and millennials on quest to reclaim grandmother tongues

Some organise karaoke parties and others run classes for peers to learn Hokkien and Cantonese. Read more at straitstimes.com. read more

Chronicler of disappearing dialects

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 ... read more

Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960

It also reconstructs the complex genealogy of Chinese linguistics as an academic discipline and ... demonstrates that the relationship between dialect and nation could have been different.' Sigrid ... read more

The pioneering Hollywood actress who couldn't stay away from San Francisco

In an old San Francisco Hall of Justice courtroom on Kearny Street, Chinese American actress Anna May Wong is dressed in a fitted pencil skirt suit, massive black sunglasses and black hat cocked to ... read more

Art of Adaptation: How Yue Opera Is Winning Over Young Chinese

Traditionally favored by older generations, Yue opera has seen a resurgence among young Chinese after the viral success of one theater’s adaptation of a classic ’90s action movie. Efforts are now ... read more

Samsung's Galaxy AI opens up to even more languages and dialects

Galaxy AI will be expanding support for three new languages and three new dialects. Four more languages will be supported later this year. read more

Peranakan Chinese seeking bumiputra status

Baba and Nonya Association of Malaysia chairman Ronald Gan said most of them still converse in the Peranakan language, which is a fusion of Bahasa Melayu and certain Chinese dialects. Cancel anytime. read more

'Safar': The Arabic word for travel has influenced the English language

Ibn Battuta, the famous 14th-century Arab explorer and scholar, is considered one of the greatest travellers in history. During his lifetime, he travelled throughout the Islamic world and beyond, ... read more

Pak-China ties rapidly growing due to CPEC, Chinese language further fostering them: PM

PM Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the economic and cultural relationships between Pakistan and China were rapidly growing due to CPEC. read more