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The earliest historical linguistic evidence of the spoken Chinese language dates back approximately 4500 years, [1] while examples of the writing system that would become written Chinese are attested in a body of inscriptions made on bronze vessels and oracle bones during the Late Shang period (c. 1250 – 1050 BCE), [2] [3] with the very oldest dated to c. 1200 BCE.
A 2006 survey by the Modern Language Association found that Chinese accounted for 3% of foreign language class enrollment in the United States, making it the seventh most commonly learned foreign languages in the United States. Most Chinese as foreign language classes teach simplified characters and Standard Mandarin Chinese. [24]
There are several hundred languages in China.The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages, collectively known as Hanyu (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, 'Han language'), that are spoken by 92% of the population.
The Rise of the Great Powers is a 12-part Chinese documentary television series produced by CCTV.It was first broadcast on CCTV-2 from 13 to 24 November 2006. [1] It discusses the rise of nine great powers: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia (Soviet Union), and the United States.
Asian Americans is a five-hour PBS documentary film series made by ITVS, WETA, and the Center for Asian American Media. [1] [2] [3] The series focus on the history of Asian and Asian American people in the United States and first aired on May 11, 2020.
According to Wu, the book may be "too fast of a read" for history enthusiasts because it is written under the premise that the reader is unfamiliar with the history of China and Chinese Americans. She concluded, however, that the wealth of obscure tales about Chinese Americans in "a voice that is both proud and perceptive" transform the book ...
Growing Up with Chinese (Chinese: 成长汉语; pinyin: Chéngzhǎng hànyǔ) is a TV program on CCTV-News (now CGTN), the English-language channel of China Central Television, that aims to teach Simplified Mandarin Chinese to teenagers, through the 300 most commonly spoken phrases. [1]
A list of sinologists around the world, past and present. Sinology is commonly defined as the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, and history, and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization." [1]