As usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases. And remember, you'll find all this episode's vocabulary, along ...

BEIJING – Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their identity documents shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on June 7, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting ...

Recently, the film Dear You has gained widespread praise, having crossed the 1 billion yuan ($146 million) mark at the box office, deeply touching countless viewers with family letters from over half ...

This is an update to an article I did in 2023. And a response to someone's undeserved confidence and a dismissive comment. Chinese people say... There is a Chinese expression that says... Did you know ...

Why does Chinese always come back to “eating”? In this episode, we look at one of the most interesting words in Chinese - “chi” (吃) - and how it means much more than just food. SBS Simple Mandarin ...

China has spent nearly two decades assembling a media empire in Africa. Its broadcasters, newswires and print publications have hired hundreds of journalists, opened dozens of bureaus, built ...

Hearing someone talk about digital censorship in China is always either extremely boring or extremely interesting. Most of the time, people are still regurgitating the same talking points from 20 ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese elements—earth, wood, fire, metal and water. A lantern set of horses during a ...

What Sweden’s Attempt to Course-Correct on Migration Shows the West The Pro-Trans Movement Has No Credibility Left. Time to Say ‘Game Over’ The Hormuz Strait Drone Attack and the Folly of Negotiating ...

This year has had no shortage of alarming Chinese espionage efforts targeting the United States that were uncovered by government officials. 2025 saw the conviction of a former active-duty military ...

Being a linguist — and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) — I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to ...

Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch)—I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what ...