New legislation formalises Mandarin as dominant language, grants sweeping powers to curb minority cultural expression — and reaches beyond China's borders ...
This multiculturalist position was largely adopted by the Communist Party, then in the midst of a brutal civil war with the ruling Kuomintang, which saw language policy as a key means of maintaining ...
(Refiles story from March 12 to fix typo in headline) BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China passed a law on a "shared" national ...
China approved a new "ethnic unity" law on Thursday, which formalises policies to promote Mandarin as the "national common language" in education, official business and public places. China's ...
LA MALBAIE, Canada (Reuters) - G7 foreign ministers took a tough stance on China on Friday, stepping up language on Taiwan and omitting some conciliatory references from past statements, including to ...
LA MALBAIE, Canada >> G7 foreign ministers took a tough stance on China on Friday, stepping up language on Taiwan and omitting some conciliatory references from past statements, including to “one ...