non-native speakers offered new exam

china is to launch an oral chinese proficiency test for non-native putonghua speakers this year, which is expected to be more localized and useful in daily communication compared with the chinese proficiency test, or hsk, known as the "Putonghua TOEFL." the computer-based test, known as the hanyu kouyu shuiping ceshi (hkc), or the oral chinese proficiency test, will be held in june and december ...