Language

These are the most important languages to know for world travel.

I move on to my next world language: Russian. Here’s why.

Not every Chinese character is accounted for, not every name can be typed.

A new cafe with an attention grabbing name just opened in Xiamen. An obtuse marketing ploy or lost in translation?

OPINION: Would you rather communicate or have a petty battle of intellect?

Literally millions of cars in China have little gold or silver gecko emblems stuck on them. What do they mean? Find out here.

I don’t study language holed up in rooms all by myself. No, I study language when out in the streets, in train stations, while standing in line, when sitting in restaurants.

As though she flipped a switch my daughter begins speaking Chinese.

All foreigners in China quickly become familiar with the phrase ting bu dong, but there is another way to use it.