Chinese writing is logographic, that is, every symbol either represents a word or a minimal unit of meaning. When I write the character , it not only has a sound, niu, it has a meaning, “cow.” Only a ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

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Chinese cabbages are available all year, look for fresh, firm heads that feel heavy for their size. Tiny black flecks on the leaves are normal and harmless. Reject heads that look wilted, limp or ...

Accompanied by nods and sometimes laughter from the audience, a curly-haired young Italian man introduced his new book ... to write about their experiences in China, doing so in Chinese is unusual.

This year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) Chinese reading paper had some tricky questions, while the writing paper was more difficult than usual, according to Chinese tutors. Almost ...

It wasn't until the 1980s that she began writing and developing her avant-garde style that has set her apart from other Chinese authors ... won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction.

Instead of a card, guests bring a book to the baby shower to start a nursery library for the new baby. Knowing what to write ...

Chinese stocks surged Thursday as investors responded favorably to Beijing’s commitment to jolt its economy, with New York-listed shares of the firms adding hundreds of billions of dollars ...

TANG WENHAO/XINHUA CHENGDU — The 2024 Tianfu Book Fair, which just concluded in the southwestern Chinese metropolis of Chengdu, has seen both record sales and a record number of young visitors ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Han Kang, a South Korean author, for her “intense poetic prose that ...