In this video I clear up the misunderstanding from my last post about learning Chinese by writing characters. I explain why I ...

Is the Chinese writing system a sufficient reason on its own to guarantee that Mandarin will not become a global language like English? That’s what someone asked me after I discussed the prima facie ...

A student takes part in a calligraphy competition in Jiashan county, Zhejiang province, in August. Ten of the 50 participants will go to Jiaxing for a follow-up competition. Hu Lingxiang / for China ...

Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...

Local calligrapher Xu Xiaodong writes Chinese character "biang" on a piece of paper of 100 square meters during a Writing "Biang" event held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, ...