Language in Beijing

The language of Beijing is Mandarin Chinese. Standard Mandarin itself was the administrative language of the Ming and Qing dynasties and was based mainly on the Beijing dialect. For language students this makes studying in Beijing an excellent chance to learn the language in a relatively pure form. Read More »

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Language in Beijing is based on Beijing by D. Guillaime, Erin Henshaw, Claus Hansen, Greg Bell, Duffsta, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.