Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ambassador of ...

Nushu emerged from the isolated villages of southern China and is the only language created and used exclusively by women. Today it is celebrated across China as a symbol of female empowerment, but ...

Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ambassador of ...

The story is compelling. Thousands of years ago, forbidden to read and write, Chinese women in several villages in Southern China developed a secret writing system. In cloth diaries women wrote Nushu, ...

Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago - Copyright AFP Jade GAO Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago - Copyright AFP ...

Hunan province leads the revival of Nushu, the female-only writing system In mountainous Jiangyong county in Central China's Hunan province, Hu Xin is busy receiving the crew of a popular reality TV ...

Jiangyong (China) (AFP) – At a studio in central China's Hunan province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago and now being ...