Born He Jiacai (family names appear first in Chinese), which name also appears on his passport, he has been Jackson to everyone for the last 30 years. “My teacher said Jiacai was difficult to ...

A remarkable scientific discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. The analysis of an incredibly preserved ...

In fact, only a few of the 2,000 dishes on the government’s translation list would raise a Western eyebrow. And Western fare has its own abstruse names.

With more than 4,700 Chinese family names in use today, find out how the Chan in Jackie Chan dates back to 1046BC and why Bruce Lee owes his name to a plum tree.

Many English names mimic the sound of Chinese given names. A solicitor called Tse Kar-son, for example, has Carson as his English name. Singer Lee Hak-kan's English name is Hacken.

One of the tricky things about learning Chinese is figuring out how to address people. Growing up, I referred to my parents' friends with the equivalent of "aunt" and "uncle," but it was important ...

Much of the family's wealth remains unclear and untallied because of the absence of Chinese corporate and real estate disclosure rules, as well as a propaganda system that bans media discussion of ...

English is the world's most spoken language with about 1.5 billion speakers, followed by Mandarin Chinese with about 1.1 billion speakers, and then Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali ...

Beau Jessup - daughter of Loose Women star Lisa Maxwell - is just 19, but earns thousands helping Chinese parents avoid giving their children 'embarrassing' English names like Tree and Mint ...

A generation name – bei ming – is a common character used to name children born in the same generation according to their family tree. Often, families such as the Pangs will have a book or ...