At first, Rao Yuansheng didn't even realize he was doing it. He was sitting in the bustling newsroom of Guangzhou Television, worrying aloud about the declining use of Cantonese here in the land of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco wasn't hard. But today in the city that's drawn Cantonese speakers from South China for over 150 years ...

Laura Ng had a dual motive for taking Cantonese classes at Stanford. As a PhD student in anthropology, she was researching the history of the Inland Empire Chinatowns. She also wanted to communicate ...

Carson Hom’s family has run a thriving fortune cookie and almond cookie company in Los Angeles County for 35 years. And for much of that time, it was a business that required two languages: Cantonese, ...

Hong Kong’s mother tongue is under threat. Cantonese may be centuries old but how much longer can it sustain the pressure from China to pick up Putonghua? By Arthur Tam and Anna Cummins. Additional ...

Albert Wong had spent his whole life trying —and failing — to type Cantonese characters on a computer. But now, thanks to time allowed by Google’s 20-percent projects, some terrific teamwork and a ...

Stanford University students and alumni vocally opposed planned cuts to the Cantonese language program a year ago after university administrators opted not to renew the contract of the sole lecturer ...

Becky Duffett is a food writer living and eating in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, EatingWell, The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Eater SF, and Edible ...

First of all, I want to kick off this edition of My Hong Kong with a big “thank you” to everyone who sent messages of support, personal anecdotes and some food for thought in response to my last ...

A wave of new restaurants are challenging diners to go beyond sesame chicken and crab Rangoon. In Manhattan, the restaurant Cha Cha Tang serves French toast with violet ube cream alongside classic ...

To me, Cantonese food is intricate and involves a certain form of fine art in order to whip up dishes for a wholesome experience behind its long culinary history. I often dub it as the French cuisine ...