The English proficiency of the Chinese has improved since last year but is still at a middle level compared with other non-English-speaking countries, said a report released on Tuesday in Beijing.
Curriculum to be based on standard criteria that tie to global practices
A new law has gone into effect over the weekend that no longer requires New York City cab drivers to be proficient in English, a move that was seen to combat the challenges from mobile cab-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
Living with host families, taking classes with local students, visiting prestigious universities and most importantly, learning English, it’s 13-year-old Chinese student Liu Zhuofan’s summer camp life in California.
More Hong Kong and Singaporean terms added to Oxford English Dictionary, including yum cha, milk tea, wet market, and from Lion City sabo, HDB, ang moh and a new meaning for blur
Full English breakfast, including tea or French press coffee, is a bargain at a Luk Keng stall - handy for cyclists and bikers heading for Bride’s Pool nature trail but equally good for whiling away an hour
Faced with the language barrier and cultural divide, foreigners are finding it hard this year to buy rail tickets in China ahead of Spring Festival.
The official launch of the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) put the new multilateral financial institution in the spotlight. But, as William Shakespeare cautioned, all that glistens is not gold. The nascent AIIB still has much to do to prove itself.
New Zealand has formally become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Finance Minister Bill English said Tuesday.
Poor command of English has put paid to the ambition for some 1,000 medical graduates to become doctors despite having completed a two-year housemanship in public hospitals.
Sitting in a bright classroom at Beijing Normal University (BNU), 20-year-old Florian Kollmeier explains how he ended up learning Mandarin.
Slowing growth in the global economy is holding back New Zealand's economy, but China is still providing major opportunities for trade, Finance Minister Bill English said on Thursday.
The first batch of graduates getting their bachelor's degrees at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) are ready to leave campus Wednesday and embark on a new chapter of life.
From beneath the crowded street in the Khair Khana district, Kabul can hear the sound of reading breaking out. A broken signboard of the Abtikar Training Center lies across the stairs leading to its underground classrooms.
For the second time, Beijing citizen Jiang Hai took her 4-year-old son to the annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival, hoping the environment get her son interested in the language.
The New Zealand government will be stepping up its trade representation in China, South America and the Middle East to help companies take advantage of growing regional economies, Finance Minister Bill English announced Thursday.
The equilibrium between English and Chinese may eventually be lost in scholastic admission tests, as Beijing redistributes subject scores.
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