Learning a language can be hard work, ... The crux of the idea is that both Chinese writing and emoji are image-based forms of communication, as neither uses an alphabet.

Reading in Chinese can be difficult for language learners. So ShaoLan Hsueh and a team of visual designers have created Chineasy, a new book of pictograms featuring more than 400 Chinese characters.

Chinese is, simply, not an easy language for most outsiders. For many, the question is: Why bother – particularly when so many young Chinese now speak English that it's easy to find others to ...

Can home-culture images impair second-language skills?. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 06 / 130626143108.htm ...

On March 16, Robin Li, Baidu’s cofounder and CEO, took the stage in Beijing to showcase the company’s new large language model, Ernie Bot. Accompanied by art created by Baidu’s image-making ...

Faced with technological and political upheaval, reformers decided that Chinese would need to change in order to survive. Ian Buruma on Jing Tsu’s “Kingdom of Characters.” ...