Languages of Hong Kong

A job seeker looks at recruitment advertisements at a labor market in Guangdong province, where most people speak Cantonese.

Beijing has a message for China’s Cantonese speakers — stick to Mandarin!

Culture

The Cantonese-speaking heartland of southern China is also the country’s most populous region. But Beijing still considers the region’s native language of Cantonese to be a minority dialect, and now it wants Cantonese broadcasters to switch to Mandarin — but why now?

Seemingly simple choice of colleges can make all the difference for Chinese students

The World

Pharaohs, Cantonese and the Gang of Four

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The World

Cantonese: a Dialect in Peril?

Arts, Culture & Media