With more Chinese students showing up on University of Iowa class rolls than ever before, the Henry B. Tippie College of Business last month invited its faculty and staff to a workshop on how to ...

Complete with more than 400 audio demonstrations for all Mandarin syllables and over 90 video explanations for difficult-to-pronounce Mandarin sounds, the pinyin chart provides clear pronunciation ...

The Global Talk series will begin this semester Thursday, Aug. 25, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 356 with the “Say My Name” workshop. This workshop is designed to provide faculty and staff ...

The topic of masculinity – and perceived threats to it – appears to be increasingly sensitive in today’s China. The country’s state broadcaster has moved to ban shows portraying “effeminate styles,” ...

An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. This week has seen riots and fighting between the Han Chinese and Uighur ethnic groups in Urumqi.

More and more people in China are seeking tongue operations to improve their English. Plastic surgeons say that with minor surgery, patients can improve their pronunciation almost overnight. With ...

It is important to point out that the above pronunciations are anglicised and are not intended to reflect native Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. One important difference between our pronunciations and ...