The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

Chinese scientists told the Post that publishing under just their pinyin name - in English-language journals in which Mandarin is represented in the Latin alphabet - was challenging when it came ...

Impressively, there are over 50,000 characters in existence which just mean, mastery of Mandarin Chinese is no small feat. But to have basic literacy, like reading and writing, around 3,000 ...

FENG: And for her, learning Mandarin Chinese is not about the U.S. versus China. It's a tool for thinking creatively and traveling far and, for Sousa, dreaming big.