I am Chinese American, but I was raised speaking a language that is unintelligible even to most Mandarin speakers: Shanghainese. As a kid, I learned the nuances of the dialect, from native ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Ever imagined what it would be like to understand your favorite Chinese dramas without subtitles? Maybe you’ve gotten hooked on the ...

Poems, vocabularies, pinyin diagrams and schedules pinned on the wall are all in Chinese. In a classroom decorated with paper lanterns and fai chun — red paper with written blessings hung on doorways ...

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