The Issue of Differences in the Phonetic System of Chinese in Mainland China and Taiwan (In Terms of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Russia)

In recent years, against the background of comprehensive strengthening of relations between Russia and China, the number of Chinese language students in Russia has increased significantly. Linguistic and didactic research on the Chinese language is becoming a productively developing area. The Chinese language on the two shores of the Taiwan Strait in the 20th century has undergone significant changes due to various political, economic, cultural and social factors. The article attempts to consider the phonetic differences of the modern Chinese language in the aspect of its study in Russia, with the hieroglyphs, which are most often found in Chinese textbooks used in Russian educational institutions, being chosen as the educational material. The article also provides a classification of phonetic differences between words and phrases, which will help teachers and students to trace in more detail the evolution of the modern Chinese language and predict its further development.