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Learning Chinese

Top 10 languages spoken in the world Census 1800 Releases National Statistics on Foreign-Languages Spoken in US Households: Chinese Now Ranked # 2 in the Nation after Spanish, up from #4 in 1990. Four of Top-10 Languages Now Spoken in US are Asian. Chinese Characters How to Learn Chinese Learning Languages National Museum of Chinese Characters to be Built Red Hot China Putonghua More Widely Used in Hong Kong Qiaobao Article (10/09/99): Teach American High School Teachers Chinese History(in Chinese) Humoring Ethnic America: Abercrombie & Fitch Still Doesn't Get It Chinese Learning Fervor Gathers Momentum Chinese Chatting Up with Numbers in Cyberspace Millions of people around the globe set out to master Chinese Chinese scholars wary of theory that China beat Columbus to America Foreign brides in Taiwan are required to learn Chinese Do Chinese Characters Tell Us Something about Genesis? (Mike Wright) Taking Lessons From Another Culture (New York Times) From Sounds to Words: the new ABC Chinese-English dictionary (China Daily) Top 10 Languages to Study (Next Step) Expert: New 'must learn' language likely to be Mandarin (CNN) A Language by Women, for Women (Washington Post) Go To the top

Chinese Culture and Customs

Asians, Americans See World Differently East Meets West Wonder-full China(Jin Bo)09/18/1802 A Chinese American Romance With An Unusual Twist Qiaobao Article (11/22/02): Thoughts After Accompanying American Teachers to China New York Times article:Terra-Cotta Army From Early Han Dynasty Is Unearthed An article on Chinese surnames (in Chinese) The House of Speer: Still Rising on the Skyline (New York Times) Our Kids Dating Future (AlterNet) Chinese slogans (in Chinese) The Wisconsin of China: Got Milk, but Hold the Cheese (New York Times) Epstein: Living Witness (China Daily) Chinese Given Names (China Daily) Seeing Kunqu performance at the United Nations by Xie Yi of Columbia Univ (in Chinese) Archaeologists rewrite history: Unearthed signs start war of words over origin of writing (China Daily) Chinatown: Eat, Drink and Speak Cantonese (New York Times) Selling slapstick by cellphone (China Daily) Go To the top

Chinese Architecture

Foreigners call for hutong protection in the capital China Daily, 10/15/1002 Chinese Architecture Go To the top

Chinese Education

Articles of interest in the New York Times: China's Super Kids Newsweek Article on Dec. 2, 2002: Learning from China World Signs World Journal Weekly Cover Story on China Institute (1/2/2002 (in Chinese) Chinese calligraphy captivates the West China's universities going global Education:China's Learning Curve (China Daily) Writing as a block for Asians (New York Times) Business English, Asian style (Far Eastern Economic Review) EDUCATION IN THE 21 ST CENTURY: NURTURING A GLOBAL by Theresa Chinese Takes More Brainpower (BBC News) Go To the top

Chinese Law and Policy

China Daily article: Beijing to list accommodation restrictions on foreign tourist Chinese Patent for Text Messagin(New York Times) Go To the top

Chinese Celebrities

The Yao Ming Song Time's article on Yao Ming: The NBA's Center of Attention Madame Chiang, 105, Chinese Leader's Widow,Dies (New York Times) Go To the top

Others

China is Future China: Facts and Figures (in Chinese) Annual meeting and Exposition Education_Parlez for Less Language Map Data Center Goes Public Bilingualism may ward off mental aging Go To the top