Globally, Cantonese is being swamped by Mandarin. The two languages are as different as Spanish is from French.

The Chinese or Lunar New Year is a holiday that roughly a fifth of the world celebrates and for those 1.5 billion, it’s the most important date on the calendar. But the 6 billion rest of us c… ...

Hong Kong people fear Beijing’s promotion of Mandarin over Cantonese is just another step to suppress Hong Kong’s unique culture and values.

While Mandarin increasingly dominates the lives of the Guangfu people, the “voice” of Cantonese grows smaller. To bridge the widening gap in regions where the language was more common, many families ...

Cantonese is spoken by about 85 million people worldwide, but opportunities to learn the language in California are scarce.

Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn the Cantonese language in San Francisco wasn’t hard.