It is not usual in India, in any state, to see political messaging in a language not commonly spoken there, let alone a foreign language. But in this Kolkata neighbourhood called Tangra — home to a small Chinese-Indian community — walls carry messages by parties in Mandarin amid the West Bengal elections, in a display of political outfits’ efforts to not leave any voter out of their campaign ambit.


India's Only Chinatown at The Centre of Bengal Elections

Thailand on Wednesday posted an AI-generated video of its prime minister speaking in Mandarin encouraging Chinese tourists to visit the kingdom. Watch this report for more details!

Thailand: PM Paetongtarn uses AI to speak in Mandarin

The Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has added a husband-wife duo to its no-fly list after a social media storm over the couple's rude behaviour towards a woman from mainland China over reclining her chair.

Watch: Cathay Pacific bans HK couple who kicked, verbally abused Chinese woman for reclining her chair

Chinese academics want Tibet to be known as Xizang the word is the romanised version of the Mandarin language for the Tibet region.

Chinese academics want to call Tibet 'Xizang'

If you are one of those persons who have trouble memorising long sequences of numbers, don't worry; once you realise why 5201314 means "I love you for a lifetime," you won't forget it too quickly.

Know the mystery behind 5201314, a number meaning 'I love you for a lifetime'

China’s coercive actions to claim some parts of India’s Arunachal Pradesh seems to be ongoing. In yet another attempt to lay its claim, China has ‘renamed’ around 15 places, which include eight townships, two rivers, four mountains and a mountain pass in Arunachal Pradesh, in Mandarin.

China 'renames' Arunachal Pradesh’s 15 places in Mandarin, gets sharp reaction from India

US Open 2021 came to an end recently and the marquee tournament saw some emphatic performances from the younger brigade. While Russia's 25-year-old Daniil Medvedev stunned Novak Djokovic and ended the Serbian's bid to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam, first in men's tennis since 1969, the teenage sensations Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez made a mark in women's singles.

US Open champion Emma Raducanu shares message for fans in Mandarin after clinching maiden title - watch

Streaming platform Netflix has bought international rights outside of China to "The Yin Yang Master", the Mandarin language fantasy feature film. The streamer is yet to set a date for the movie's premiere, which opens in mainland Chinese cinemas on Friday and will compete for Lunar New Year holiday audiences.

Netflix buys international rights of Mandarin language fantasy film 'The Yin Yang Master'

After Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong & Taiwan, China is now waging a 'culturally assimilation' war in Inner Mongolia. Mandarin has replaced Mongolian at schools located in this province. Thousands of families have hit the streets.

Gravitas: China's war on Ethnic Mongolians

A Chinese mobile phone number has been sold for a whopping 2.25 million yuan ($300,000) in an online auction. The high price tag for the number was for the right to use the apparently auspicious string of digits.

Chinese phone number with 'auspicious' string of digits sold for $300,000

As per sources, last month the Chinese Embassy invited more than 30 Nepal Foreign Ministry officials to China, who studied Chinese language courses

Now, China offers Mandarin course to Nepal foreign ministry officials

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