Hongkongers using Putonghua may enhance the emotional ties between the people and their motherland, but it does not mean we should start using the language as the medium of instruction in Chinese ...

Greater numbers speak putonghua By Qin Jize (China Daily) Updated: 2004-12-27 09:03. More and more Chinese nowadays are able to communicate using Chinese Mandarin, says a survey that indicates ...

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40% Chinese cannot speak putonghua By Zhu Zhe(China Daily) Updated: 2006-09-05 06:23. While increasing numbers of foreign students grapple with the challenges of learning Chinese putonghua, or ...

An expert from the State Language Commission collects samples of the dialect in Luanping county, Hebei province. About 1 billion people in China speak Putonghua, the national, standardized form of ...

“Putonghua taking over local dialects is a movement we have seen for some time now,” said Cheris Shun-ching Chan, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hong Kong.

The increasing emphasis on Putonghua at the expense of Cantonese among local schools is causing concern - and some resentment - among Hongkongers.

However, even after the simplification of traditional Chinese characters, a unique element of Putonghua, the language and its writing system still appear impossible to comprehend.

Shanghainese Asked to Speak Putonghua People from other parts of China often complain that visiting Shanghai is like arriving in a strange city. The local dialect, ...