I broke up with my very long-term girlfriend last December. Since then I've met a number of Chinese nationals who are very fun and sweet but know very little English, and I know virtually no Chinese.

The Sarawak premier says knowing more languages will help everyone build international links and compete in the global economy.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Mandarin and Arabic often ...

English has been the dominant global language for a century, but is it the language of the future? If Mandarin Chinese is to challenge English globally, then it first has to conquer its own backyard, ...

Mandarin, China’s official tongue, is also the top language worldwide for business other than English, according to Bloomberg Rankings. Mandarin, spoken by 845 million people, scored highest in a ...