The Chinese government has moved management of its overseas Confucius Institutes to an NGO to lessen the suspicion the centres have attracted over the last few years.

The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exams taken by Mandarin learners to prove their language proficiency are set to be reformed, according to test organisers the Hanban.

The way I built LTL was to teach Chinese the way I wished I had studied it

International schools in Cambodia are missing out on a potential new market by not offering trilingual programs in English, Mandarin and the local Khmer language.

According to MP Chris Bowen, out of 25 million Australians, only 130 of non-Chinese heritage can speak Mandarin at a level good enough to do business.

The Saudi Arabian education minister Hamad Al-Sheikh announced a new program for teachers in the Kingdom to learn Mandarin in order to teach Saudi students.

China’s language and cultural Confucius Institute is setting up a US$20 million African headquarters office block in Nairobi, Kenya.

72 Indonesian students have been awarded scholarships to study two to three years of masters or doctoral studies or six months to one year studying Mandarin in Taiwan.