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Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.

Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok alternative ...

The Confucius Institute at Purdue will offer Basic Mandarin Chinese this fall as a six-week, noncredit course. The highly interactive course, focusing on spoken Chinese, will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 ...

In a few days, TikTok could be banned in the US, which will make the app unusable and unavailable from app stores. Instead of making do with Instagram Reels, people looked for a closer alternative and ...

The numbers of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese has declined dramatically, but one elementary school in Washington DC is seeing more demand for Chinese language education than ever. Sponsor Message ...

When Colby Porter began Mandarin classes in sixth grade in Syracuse, New York, he was studying alongside 20 of his peers. By his final year of high school, only two other students remained, and the ...

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The threat of TikTok going dark in the US appears to have compelled some Americans to start learning Mandarin as they look to communicate on a rival Chinese app. Many Americans are joining Xiaohongshu ...

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: When you travel in China - as our team has been doing - you meet a fair number of people who know English. Millions of Chinese citizens have been educated in the United States.

Available figures suggest enthusiasm is waning after years of rapid growth, with analysts pointing to China's economy and image problems When Colby Porter began Mandarin classes in sixth grade in ...