Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Teaching Chinese using the technology of podcasting, ...

Some people may have doubts about the long-term prospects for podcasts, but Dubliner Ken Carroll is not among them. His site Chinesepod.com is one of the top five podcast sites worldwide: it has sent ...

Another way to learn Mandarin is via your iPod. Kate Chapman says you can download lessons, transcripts, exercises, even get one-on-one support and a personal tutor through Shanghai-based ChinesePod.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ken Carroll is challenging a basic tenet in the global economy: that we all need to learn Mandarin Chinese to ...

There are few cell phones that can type traditional characters while using the Hanyu Pinyin (漢語拼音) system. After experience with several manufacturers, including Nokia and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile ...