Hakka has been made an official national language after the Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Hakka Basic Act (客家基本法). According to the amendment, townships in which Hakka people ...

The Hakka Affairs Council on Tuesday said it has restructured its organization to create a new Department of Language Development dedicated to promoting the Hakka language. The promotion and revival ...

When I was growing up in the Caribbean, I knew three things about my identity: I am ethnic Chinese, I was born in Hong Kong and I have Hakka heritage. Who are the Hakkas, some of you might be ...

Taiwan is an island about the size of Kyushu, but linguistically it is extremely diverse. Nowadays, roughly speaking, people use either Chinese languages or Austronesian languages. The Austronesian ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has released its first set of Hakka lift-the-flap books for infants and toddlers, aiming to spark early interest in the language and support family-centered learning. At ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Speaking at the Hakka Affairs Council’s annual award banquet on Sunday, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) pledged to continue supporting Hakka culture as an important aspect of ...

The Tam Kung temple on Government Street, the oldest operating Chinese temple in the country, is a point of pride for Victoria’s Chinatown and the city. But less is known about the Hakka people who ...