Even to the untutored eye, Chinese characters are not an alphabet, though many Americans who want to ask about them do not know what term to use for them, and questions are often asked such as, "Is it ...

If you’ve learned Greek or Russian, you’ll realize that it’s a pretty easy transition from English, and that they operate with essentially the same set of rules and use many similar letters. If you’ve ...

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 ...

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DEAR EDITOR, regarding the letter of the spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines to the editor titled “One China principle brooks no challenges and distortions,” we have the following ...

A teenage boy in eastern China was caught on video assaulting his mother, shocking the 5 million viewers who have watched the footage. The teenager was filmed violently attacking his mother on ...

Inside a notorious Chinese labour camp, a dissident smuggled an SOS letter into the Halloween decorations he was forced to manufacture. Years later, a woman in the US opened a box of fake ...

Boarding schools in India and abroad are considered tough and strict. Often, cases of punishment of children staying in hostels become newspaper headlines. A similar incident took place in Yundong ...

BEIJING--The Global Times, a hawkish Chinese state media tabloid, on Monday criticized a letter of protest sent to it by South Korea’s embassy in China, the latest public spat amid worsening ...

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is no ordinary collection of policy wonks. In China’s political hierarchy it has the status of a government ministry. It has thousands of staff ...

MAHKOTA BY-ELECTION | As the Mahkota by-election reaches its midpoint, letters were allegedly put in mailboxes urging Chinese voters to reject Umno’s candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, marking his 73rd birthday and reaffirming the commitment to enhancing strategic cooperation ...