Register by August 15, 2017 to receive up to $50 discount off tuition (Intensive Classes) and $25 (Regular Classes)! Classes start on September 25, 2017.

China Institute's fully immersive group classes, led by experienced language teachers, offers a wide range of the Chinese language courses at every proficiency level, from beginner to advanced. We also offer language classes with a specialized focus on grammar, reading, speaking and writing.

Register by August 15 to receive a $25 discount off tuition! Classes start the week of September 25, 2017. Reading Modern Chinese Literature While China's long poetic tradition holds an important place in the nation's literary cannon, it is its prose that most acutely portrays life in China's modern era. Like novels and short stories, Chinese essays have the unique ability to capture some of the most poignant themes of this modern age: crisis and conflict, wars and revolution, the struggle for social justice and identity in modernization. 

Kids from Henry Street Settlement were the stars of the show at this morning's celebration to reopen Henry M. Jackson Playground.

Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver was there, along with local elected officials and community leaders, for a ribbon cutting ceremony. $1.9 million was made available for the renovation under the city's Community Parks Initiative, which targets neglected public spaces in low-income communities. The playground, located where Jackson, Madison and Henry streets meet, hadn't received much attention in about 20 years.