As a country that experienced successive waves of colonization against a diverse Indigenous population, Taiwan is a multilingual society, but power relations among languages are far from equal. Yet ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Most politicians don't need to learn a new language to get elected, but in Taiwan it's not just what you say, it's what you say it in that can be key to getting into power.

Taiwan is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. A total of 26 languages are spoken on the island, which includes Mandarin Chinese, the official language, Cantonese, English, ...

WASHINGTON/BEIJING/TAIPEI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on ...

BEIJING, May 12 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao proposed new diplomatic language Thursday aimed at ending the decades-old state of hostilities between China and Taiwan, in a rare but tentative ...