The tendencies to indirectness and allusion are ancient cultural traits of Chinese society, and politicians and negotiators were using them as much hundreds of years ago as they are now. This use of ...

This includes the contemporary speech of young people in Beijing as much as Cantonese or the Classical language of the ancient texts. We need to teach not just about China, but about a multiplicity of ...

The Chinese Agricultural Calendar uses lunar months to determine its dates, but it also has “solar terms” which are based on the solar year. These solar terms helped the ancient Chinese people ...

Students with pre-existing competence in Chinese must take a placement exam or consult with the language coordinator before enrollment. CHIN 1020 (5) Beginning Chinese 2 Continuation of CHIN 1010.