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The numbers of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese has declined dramatically, but one elementary school in Washington DC is seeing more demand for Chinese language education than ever. Sponsor Message ...

Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.

Don’t be surprised to hear immigration officers at the airport chatting with Chinese passengers in Mandarin. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will let its officers learn basic Mandarin to help them ...

An independent school has become the first in the UK to make Mandarin Chinese compulsory for pupils, reflecting the growing importance of China on the world stage. But it's not an easy language to ...

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: When you travel in China - as our team has been doing - you meet a fair number of people who know English. Millions of Chinese citizens have been educated in the United States.