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South China Sea: how Beijing uses pinyin translations to double down on territorial claims
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoBeijing has ramped up efforts to use pinyin - the romanisation of Mandarin script - when referring...
Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA Chinese coast-guard vessel and personnel on a rubber boat over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed...
Mandarin Leaves a Manhattan Courtroom Lost in Translation
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoThe New York trial of a Chinese businessman is Exhibit A for how language issues are gumming up...
I spent a week in China where only 7% of the population speaks English and Google Translate is...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTourists and residents at Wangfujing Street.Spriha Srivastava Only 7% of the Chinese population...
Smoking for the State: How China became addicted to its cigarette monopoly
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis story was produced by The Examination, a new nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigating...
China's "Punishment" Drills Around Taiwan: Day One
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA pair of Chinese J-16 fighters fly together. Jets of this type took part in the first day of China's Joint Sword-2024A's exercise around Taiwan. At...
What really happened in China this year according to 7 viral moments
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere have been protests in every major city — including Beijing, the Chinese capital.NOEL CELIS/AFP...
Replace 'Tibet' with 'Xizang' on product translations, Chinese e-commerce platform warns its online...
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoA Chinese e-commerce service provider has advised its platform merchants to replace "Tibet" with "Xizang" - the Chinese pinyin version of the region - for product translations after Beijing ...
A Lot of Chinese Viewers Wish Netflix Had Stripped China Out of ‘3 Body Problem’
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoThe adaptation of Liu Cixin’s celebrated science-fiction novel earned generally positive reviews in...
Musk’s position as a ‘free speech absolutist’ is under threat after China warns him over sharing...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSelf-described 'free speech absolutist' Elon Musk has been warned by Chinese state media to back...