When I first heard that Irvine’s A Little Dynasty Chinese School (where my daughter is a student) has a traditional Chinese children’s orchestra, I was surprised. I grew up in San Jose, where there ...

Happy Chinese New Year! In honor of the new Lunar Year on Feb. 8, here’s a list of Chinese songs for Trojans to ring in the Year of the Monkey.The words are in a different language, but music is all ...

The first video I ever took of myself is from almost exactly eight years ago: I’m sitting in my grandparents’ apartment in Beijing, my face just out of the frame, and I am sawing away at an èrhú — a ...

Recently, while revising for her end-of-year exams, my 15-year-old daughter came to me with a list of Chinese words, asking me to test her on them. It had been a while since she'd asked for help. Ever ...

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