The goal of my new book Chineasy is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognizing characters through simple illustrations and animations. By learning one small set of building blocks, ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Duolingo today added support for Chinese and that’s a big deal for a few reasons. The language ...

When the communists took over mainland, the literacy rate in China was below 20 percent. It is now 95 percent, according to some estimates. The same rate among young people (15 to 24 years old) is now ...

“Yi, er, san . . .” A Chinese language student counts each stroke while writing the Chinese character for “big”, 大. This seems like a simple process, but new evidence suggests that studying Chinese ...

While learning simplified characters will benefit local students, traditional Chinese characters are still essential regardless of a student's background Despite growing cross-border integration, ...