A self-aware Xiao Ming, a beloved Chinese composition character, comes to life in a film by 17-year-old Canden Chen, winning ...

The discovery of 5,000-year-old linguistic inscriptions predates by 1,400 years the earliest known Chinese writing and matches the age of the oldest known human writing in Mesopotamia. (via ...

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 ...

BEIJING — Archaeologists say they have discovered a new form of primitive writing in markings on stoneware excavated from a relic site in eastern China dating about 5,000 years back. The inscriptions ...

To receive the Vogue Business China Edit, sign up here. Fashion has a design issue with Chinese characters, or Hanzi. From luxury labels to streetwear brands, the fashion industry in the West has a ...