Blog Tag - English

China Drops to #91 in EF's English Proficiency Index
China's English proficiency has dropped to 91st out of 116 countries, according to the 2024 EF English Proficiency Index (EPI), with an EF EPI score...
City Seeks to Rid Itself of Bad English, Chinglish Signs (Again)
If you’ve lived in Beijing long enough, you’ve most likely seen them: signs in public spaces in need of an update in regards to their English. Now,...
Warm Tip: Beijing Needs YOU to Correct Faulty English
With the clock ticking in the countdown to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the city has decided the time is ripe to do away with the old signs that...
Didi is Rolling Out an English Platform This Spring
Didi Chuxing, the local car hailing app that managed to get Uber to withdraw from the China market (and then discontinued support for Uber’s English...
Rah Rah Beijing! Our Fair City's English Level on the Rise
Though you maybe forgiven for thinking that Beijing's level of English sucks after your last interaction with a cab driver, we here in the capital...
Beijing and Two Other Mainland Cities Outpace Hong Kong in English Proficiency
Just how good is Beijing in the English department? Good enough to outpace Hong Kong, which has a legacy of 100 years of British colonization on its...
Shability: The Government's Fight Against the English Language
It appears that the government is having difficulty accepting the integration of English words into, and the resulting ‘defilement’ of, mainstream...