Comment by nephihaha

Comment by nephihaha a day ago

9 replies

China is only interested in its minorities as a means to promote tourism. Horrible example. Children are put into boarding schools in many places where they are forced to use Mandarin.

It is currently bussing in lots of Mandarin speakers into Hong Kong to undermine Cantonese. It has done a good job of undermining Tibetan as well.

vee-kay a day ago

China (whose Maoists control the Nepal government) has mandated Mandarin Chinese to be taught in Nepal's schools as well.

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/mandarin-made-mandatory-...

https://www.regentschool.edu.np/chinese-language-classes/

China will destroy or subsume all native culture in every nation/land it gains control of. China is following the Colonial model of divide, conquer/conquest and containment, except this is all happening in the modern era.

  • saubeidl a day ago

    What's bad about Mandarin being mandatory in schools? English is mandatory in most European schools, is that colonialism as well or just pragmatism?

    • nephihaha a day ago

      What's bad? They're being punished if they speak their native language and are taken away from their home communities. No better than the stupid boarding schools minorities were sent to in the west.

      • saubeidl a day ago

        Where does it say anything about being punished for speaking their native language?

derelicta a day ago

In both cases, they still learn their respective language in parallel to Mandarin, which is the national language. So I don't understand how this is evil or smth.

  • nephihaha a day ago

    Boarding school alone is evil let alone one where a dominant culture is allowed to destroy a minority.