New research suggests that the earliest known Chinese characters have possibly been unearthed at the Liu­linxi Neolithic site ...

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Zhou Youguang, known as the father of Pinyin for creating the system of Romanized Chinese writing that has become the international standard since its introduction some 60 years ago, died Saturday in ...

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 ...

Feng Shi confirmed that inscriptions on ceramic stands from Liulinxi are the earliest known Chinese characters, appearing in groups rather than alone, making them easier to interpret.

If you grew up in China in the 1950s and ’60s, as Jung Chang did, the last thing you aspired to be was a writer. “Writing was the most dangerous profession,” she told me recently. In fact, writing was ...

The biggest stumbling block at the U.N. Climate talks in Copenhagen appears to be China's refusal make a legally binding commitment to reduce its green house gas emissions. The U.S. refuses to accept ...