May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to amplify the voices of AAPI communities across North Texas. Right now, Collin County has one of the fastest-growing Asian American ...

University Health Services recently hired a Mandarin-speaking counselor with the aim of promoting inclusivity of international students on campus. Originally from Taiwan, Wei-Chiao Hsu moved to the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China disclosed a plan Monday to increase the number of citizens speaking Mandarin to 80 percent by 2020. The figure ...

Serving borrowers in their native language can help loan originators build trust and access client segments that may be underserved by the broader market. Cultural familiarity and multilingual ...

Nearly 1 billion people speak Mandarin Chinese. NPR Short Wave host Emily Kwong is not among them. As a third-generation Chinese-American, her "heritage language" was lost through the generations.

Duolingo is one of the most popular language learning apps in the world, providing free access to tons of language courses with an engaging “gamified” experience. It’s already brilliant, featuring on ...

Some may remember taking foreign language classes during school or in preparation for a new job or some travel. There are over 7,100 spoken languages in the world, according to Ethnologue. While it’s ...

The question of how much influence the Chinese government wields on the Mandarin-speaking community in Australia has been of increasing interest in recent months. But until now, there has been little ...

Two white guys walk into a local market looking like typical tourists. Instead of broken phrases, they start buying and ...

Mandarin has seen massive popularity growth in Hong Kong, but Cantonese, the city’s mother tongue, won’t be erased so easily. “They say if you want to kill a city, you kill its language,” said Claudia ...