The numbers of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese has declined dramatically, but one elementary school in Washington DC is seeing more demand for Chinese language education than ever.

Mandarin Chinese ... for Westerners to learn for two reasons: It’s tonal and has a character-based writing system. Native speakers realize the language is difficult for visitors to pick up ...

Around 20 years ago, Lu Fang landed in Indonesia from China with excitement to begin her career as a Mandarin teacher. Now, she is on cloud nine as more Indonesians love to learn the language and the ...

"Some students used to be afraid of learning it. Mandarin has four tones, and its characters, for them, are hard to write. Now, I see more students enjoying learning it. Perhaps, the internet has also ...

I ask him. LUKAS WOUHIB: (Speaking Mandarin). FENG: "I like learning Chinese very much because it's hard," Wouhib says. LUKAS: (Speaking Mandarin). FENG: And he says he and his brother speak in ...