A native of Dongbei (Northeast China), Fang Yanhong said that while she is concerned about the dialect of her hometown, "the Beijing dialect is dying faster." Fang, a modern Chinese lecturer at ...

Beijing’s dialect is disappearing, a victim of language standardisation in schools and offices BEIJING To the untutored ear, the Beijing dialect can sound like someone talking with a mouthful of ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In addition to targeting overseas universities and the Chinese diaspora as part of ...

The map is currently undergoing a one-month trial period on the Beijing Platform for Common Geospatial Information Services. China capital city’s municipal authorities have introduced an ...

This is part of the Chinese infiltration of Canada. From traditional to digital media, Beijing’s control of Chinese-language media in Canada is increasingly sophisticated. Victor Ho, a seasoned ...

Beijing is a heady place for a tourist who can’t speak Mandarin. This was the uncontrived truth that surfaced during long conversations with friends and extensive Google searches on what to expect ...