After two Chinese "bioterrorism" suspects were arrested this week for allegedly smuggling a toxic, crop-killing fungus into the U.S., an expert called for drastic action.

Critics say proposals to restrict or even ban Chinese student visas take a “sledgehammer to a problem that needs highly targeted tools.” ...

Border officials seized 50,000 kilos of Chinese precursor chemicals intended for Mexican cartels, part of China's broader strategy to undermine U.S. security.

Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.

Chinese nationals comprise the largest group of Harvard's foreign students.

Chinese learners achieve remarkable success levels compared to their Western peers. But it’s not simply based on rote learning and passive education. The reality is more complex – and more ...

Lengthened consonants mark the beginning of words A new study shows that word-initial consonants are systematically lengthened across a diverse sample of languages Date: September 24, 2024 Source ...

They have found that word-initial consonants are, on average, around 13 milliseconds longer than their non-initial counterparts. The diversity of languages for which this effect was found suggests ...

This is the sixth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

The study indicated that consonant, vowel and tone all play a role in Chinese character production. The sensitive brain areas were all in the left hemisphere. However, the neural mechanism of ...