This is yet another aspect of China and Chinese society that is easy to see as a monolith, but doing so would allow this number to obscure the many complexities and subtleties of the real story. In ...

Rather than diminishing dialects, they believe new technology can protect them and keep them relevant, even in the face of globalization and longstanding attempts to establish a countrywide lingua ...

While novels in regional dialects aren’t a new phenomenon in China, they have surged in popularity among young aspiring writers in recent years, particularly amid increased exposure through social ...

Cantonese — as the second most spoken dialect in China and until recently the language most common among Chinese living abroad — has long been a key part of Chinese culture. Generations of ...

We don't often think of China as a country rich in linguistic diversity, but there is a huge number of languages spoken in the country, as well as dialects. How many are there? This is a very ...

There are 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China and more than 100 of the country's dialect languages are in danger of dying out, according to the United Nations. "The government has ...

But there are hundreds of local dialects in China, and Mandarin couldn’t replace them no matter how hard the Nationalists tried. This changed only after Mao took over, with a uniquely ...

A city best known for its millionaires and factories churning out everything from buttons to lightbulbs is now better known in China for its unintelligible dialect. That's according to a post ...

Our research of dialects and peer-to-peer lending in China found that this kind of linguistic discrimination can also influence someone’s access to finance. Specifically, that accent bias ...

For Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan’s president Chan Kian Kuan, dialects still have a utilitarian value for doing business in parts of China. But an even bigger value lies in the cultural heritage ...