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Comment by vee-kay a day ago

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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?

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  • 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.

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    • saubeidl a day ago

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

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      • nephihaha 10 hours ago

        I'm not talking about your link. The whole point of those schools is to take them away from their own communities and culture and assimilate them. It's a form of colonialism and the PRC is an empire.

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        • saubeidl 8 hours ago

          > I'm not talking about your link.

          What are you talking about then? These are quite serious claims to make, it would make sense to substantiate them.

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