The ability to speak Mandarin has expanded from about one-fourth of the local population in 2001 to 45 per cent twenty years ...

The order issued Wednesday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet, said use of Mandarin, known in Chinese as “putonghua” or the “common tongue,” remains “unbalanced and inadequate ...

He also served as president of the Putonghua Club at Ying Wa College, promoting Mandarin within the school. He aimed to equip his fellow students with essential language skills for the future by ...

However, while it is mandatory for many students in Hong Kong to learn Hanyu Pinyin in Putonghua classes ... find it to be a lot more challenging than Mandarin. For Hongkongers, learning Cantonese ...

Provides students with advanced level proficiency in Putonghua (Mandarin), building on skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Advanced level structures, vocabulary and characters extend ...

The course provides the students with a basic proficiency in Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese). Upon successful completion of this course, students will have acquired the phonetics, knowledge of a set of ...