In this short Mandarin lesson, I explain the real difference between 认识 rènshi and 知道 zhīdào, even though they both translate ...

Iraq is preparing to open its doors to foreign oil companies in a big way. Petroleum experts believe the war-torn country is underexplored and could potentially rival Saudi Arabia in oil reserves. And ...

A consensus is growing that the Chinese automotive industry has stolen a march on the rest of the world in the design and production of electric vehicles (EVs). Kevin Williams, a US-based observer of ...

BEIJING — Chinese astronauts on Thursday beamed back a science lesson from the country’s under-construction space station. The lecture focused on physics, aiming to illustrate how the weightless ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Tiangong class in Mandarin begins at 2:40 am EST (0740 GMT) on Thursday (Dec. 9). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China's ...

Kan Wei does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

When the global financial crisis unleashed its destructive power across the world, China’s export industry dipped into red territory, with negative growth for several quarters between 2008 and 2010.

A Zulu man shared a TikTok video of his earth science lesson delivery, showing his love for the craft and for his Chinese ...

An old Chinese proverb sums up the three months I spent studying Mandarin in Beijing: To suffer and learn, one pays a high price, but a fool can’t learn any other way. The famously difficult Chinese ...

As iRobot's founder Colin Angle looks back on its path to bankruptcy, he says it was hard to overcome competitors in China.

The Chinese government's recent advisory to their nationals on 'how best to conduct themselves' while in a foreign land is aimed at projecting a good image of China and its people, an official from ...