“Yi, er, san . . .” A Chinese language student counts each stroke while writing the Chinese character for “big”, 大. This seems like a simple process, but new evidence suggests that studying Chinese ...

There’s been a rising dissatisfaction with current language teaching methods in China, but scientists think they may have an answer. There’s no way round it: learning Chinese is tough. As far as ...

The goal of my new book Chineasy is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognizing characters through simple illustrations and animations. By learning one small set of building blocks, ...