Born and raised in Hong Kong, Zhang Haang-yui briefly lived in Shenzhen during primary school, which he considered pivotal for learning Putonghua and Cantonese. Haang-yui, now a University of Hong ...

Encouraged by the teacher, Pakistani Muhammad Ajmal, a postdoctoral researcher in mathematics at Shanghai University, stands up, unlocks his phone, and says in Putonghua to another participant ...

"Chuan-pu", transliterated from "Trump," is an abbreviation of "Sichuan Putonghua." The phrase literally means "Mandarin with a Sichuan accent," which is usually used to mock someone from Sichuan ...