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The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is hardly the only language that has been experimenting with a gender-neutral ...

In the middle of the bustling holiday season at New York’s five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel, Executive Chef Sylvain Delpique was overseeing a 725-person party with 1,500 sliders and 33 briskets.

The offer for 11.96% stake is priced at $3.35 per share Alibaba, Ant buy Hong Kong office floors for $925 million Jardine Matheson, a 193-year-old conglomerate with interests spanning property, retail ...

In a city where towers come down as easily as they go up, a 25-year-old luxury hotel in Miami is closing and will be demolished. Even Will Smith and Penelope Cruz weren’t enough star power to keep it ...

Mandarin Oriental is about to unveil its first major change to its marketing since 1985. Expect a revamped logo and the debut of a mobile app as the luxury hotel brand charges toward doubling its ...

Mandarin's entry into public schools is the latest sign of growing ties between Saudi Arabia and China — Fayez Nureldine With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan ...

All signs point to TikTok shutting down in the United States on Sunday due to the ban that’s set to go into effect after the platform failed to find a new owner. Many users have flocked to a popular ...

I was scrolling Twitter today when I came across a surprising revelation from Duolingo, the language-learning app known for its persistent notifications that guilt-trip you into studying. The app is ...

Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.

Americans are learning Mandarin in droves as they flood Chinese app RedNote. X; Getty Images While TikTok's future remains in limbo, Americans are running to RedNote, China's version of the social ...

Americans are learning Mandarin Chinese at high levels on Duolingo, the company reported. Millions social media users have been downloading Chinese app RedNote as a possible TikTok ban looms. TikTok ...