Nushu – a 400-year-old script invented to allow women to communicate with each other without men understanding – has taken on new significance today. In BBC Culture's Secret Languages series, a ...

Jiangyong (China) (AFP) – At a studio in central China's Hunan province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago and now being ...

Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ambassador of ...

Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ambassador of ...

JIANGYONG, China — Stooped over like a wilted rose, 95-year-old Yang Huanyi hobbles out of her tiny, spartan home to receive guests who come calling from around the world. In her gnarled hands she ...