A guitar used by David Gilmour on six of Pink Floyd’s albums has sold for a record $14.6m (£10.9m), making it the most expensive guitar ever sold, auction house Christie’s has said. Gilmour played the ...

China has introduced a new law promoting what it calls “ethnic unity,” a move that has immediately drawn international attention and concern. Approved by the ...

China's new ethnic minority law emphasizes Mandarin use and promotes national unity, raising concerns over minority identity erosion.

Beijing says the law will foster ethnic unity. Critics say it formalizes practices that suppress minority groups.

China has 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, dominated by the Han Chinese, who account for more than 91% of the country’s 1.4 billion people. The ethnic minority populations, like Tibetans, ...

China has approved a sweeping new law which claims to help promote "ethnic unity" - but critics say it will further erode the ...

In recent years, the Chinese government has intensified policies in Tibetan areas that aim to reshape Tibetan identity through language, education, and cultural control. These measures are not ...

A file photo of Kurban Niyaz, businessman and teacher who opened a Mandarin primary school in Xinjiang. [Photo/China Daily] As the first college graduate from his rural hometown in the Xinjiang Uygur ...

In this video I share real feedback from my Mandarin students from around the world. They talk about how my online classes are fun, patient and creative, and how they went from zero Chinese to passing ...

What to pay attention to, the kinds of schedules to follow, and what you don’t need to worry about at all. Credit...Aart-jan Venema Supported by By Melinda Wenner Moyer This guide was originally ...

Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin. There was a time when my oversized hardback Collins Roberts French dictionary ...