Taiwan Education Centre inaugurated at Chennai Institute of Technology

Sep 01, 2025

Chennai Institute of Technology inaugurated the Taiwan Education Centre to promote Mandarin training, research, and student exchange programmes. Supported by Taiwan's Ministry of Education,...

Protests over Chinese curbs on Mongolian language teaching

Sep 03, 2020

Beijing [China], September 3 : Thousands of ethnic Mongolians in China staged demonstrations against a new education policy aimed at reducing the teaching of...

China ramping up efforts to promote Mandarin in Xinjiang amid global outcry over its policies

Mar 30, 2021

Beijing [China] March 31 : China is ramping up efforts to promote Mandarin language education and to Sinicise Islam in Xinjiang, despite the growing...

India dropping Mandarin from NEP to affect bilateral relationships: China

Aug 02, 2020

New Delhi [India], August 2 : With India dropping Mandarin from its list of foreign languages included in the National Education Policy (NEP), China...

China moves to sideline minority languages with sweeping Mandarin-only policy

Mar 05, 2026

China is preparing to introduce a major legal overhaul that could dramatically reshape language use across the country, prioritising Mandarin Chinese in education and...

China forcing Mandarin education on Tibetan preschoolers to accelerate assimilation, says Human Rights Watch report

May 06, 2026

The 72-page report, titled Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to 'Integrate' Tibetans, outlines that a 2021 directive issued by China's Ministry...