Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Late at night, scrolling through social media, many Chinese users are surprised to find a foreigner "teaching" them the origins of Chinese characters. Dressed in a bright ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Deirdre Mask KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS The Language Revolution That Made China Modern By Jing Tsu One ...

The world's major writing systems have tended to simplify over time, with a notable exception: New research shows that the Chinese writing system has become increasingly complex over the course of its ...

Courtesy of People's Daily Overseas Edition. How much do you really know about Chinese characters? Beyond writing, do you ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ...

New research from Regula shows Arabic, Chinese and Japanese IDs pose the greatest challenge to global automated identity ...