Countrywide push is evident in government, on TV and in rise in private schools. Nov. 15, 2010 — -- In an effort to promote internationalism, China is learning English. In the next five years ...

IN PREPARATION FOR the summer Olympics in 2008, the authorities in Beijing, the host city and China’s capital, launched a campaign to teach English to residents likely to come in contact with ...

Proposals to downgrade English from being a compulsory subject in Chinese schools have stirred heated debate in China over recent days, with rural parents appearing more supportive of the idea than ...

Hong Kong CNN — A top university in northwest China has scrapped English tests as a prerequisite for graduation, rekindling a heated debate about the role of the world’s lingua franca in the ...

The college entrance exam bar for English should be lowered to ease pressure on students and help narrow the gap between rural and urban schools, according to a Chinese lawmaker. National People ...

As part of their mandatory English language lessons, Chinese university students were tasked with finding adjectives to “describe Xi during his time as a youth worker in Liangjiahe”.

“In China’s Hong Kong, the reverse trend of worshiping English and looking down on Mandarin is bound to be soon lost in the tide of history.” China’s state-run news agency Xinhua suggested ...

Amap, one of China’s leading navigation platforms, has officially launched its first English-language map targeting overseas users. This groundbreaking development aims to make navigating China ...