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Alina Simone's daughter Zoe teaches her Russian-speaking grandfather some basic Chinese.

Russian-speaking New Yorker would rather her daughter learn Chinese

May 8, 2018The World in Words

Alina Simone was born in the Soviet Union to Russian-speaking parents. She has given up on passing the language on to her daughter.

A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone.

If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up

April 26, 2018

Women pray in front of paramilitary policemen at Yonghegong Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in Beijing, China.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China

May 2, 2017Books

Yowei Shaw and her grandpa

Help! I can’t communicate with my Mandarin-speaking grandpa

September 30, 2015Education

China Detains Activist Billionaire Wang Gongquan Amid Crackdown on Dissent

September 15, 2013