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China moves to sideline minority languages with sweeping Mandarin-only pol
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
China is preparing to introduce a major legal overhaul that could dramatically reshape language use across the country, prioritising Mandarin Chinese in education and public life while sharply limiting the role of minority languages.
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China wants Tibetan students to take college entrance exams in Mandarin on
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In previous years, ethnic minorities, including Tibetans were allowed to take the test in their native language but this year China made a big change. Chinese authorities asked Tibetans to give the test only in Mandarin. Also, ethnic minorities no longer get five extra minutes to complete th
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China-funded Confucius Institutes working illegally in UK universities: Re
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Muraleedharan Nair, writing in AICIS said that the primary aim of China setting up Confucius Institutes abroad is for pushing CPC's interests and executing its bidding, rather than promoting Chinese culture and the Mandarin language, its ostensible objectives.
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Army focuses on imparting mandarin language training to its personnel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Indian Army has recently obtained requisite approvals to induct Mandarin-trained personnel in the Territorial Army for which notification for inviting applications for Mandarin experts into the Territorial Army has been issued on Sunday.
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China makes Mandarin mandatory for teachers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 13 (ANI): The Chinese government has made the Mandarin language mandatory for teachers.
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China's new decree imposes Mandarin language on Tibetan children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 22 (ANI): A new decree by China has imposed the Mandarin language on all preschool children and it requires all kindergartens across ethnic and rural areas to use Mandarin as the medium of instruction for school activities, a media report sai
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Sri Lankan plaque scripted in Chinese evokes fury, concern over omission o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 25 (ANI): Concerns over the elevation of Chinese languages over official languages of Sri Lanka have emerged after a plaque made to declare the opening of a Chinese-gifted Smart Library of Attorney General's (AG) Department was scripted in Sinhalese, English and Chin
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China ramping up efforts to promote Mandarin in Xinjiang amid global outcr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China] March 31 (ANI): China is ramping up efforts to promote Mandarin language education and to Sinicise Islam in Xinjiang, despite the growing international outcry over its policies against Uyghurs in the province.
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Ethnic Mongolians in Tokyo hold anti-China protests for imposing language
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 6 (ANI): Ethnic Mongolians living in Japan protested in front of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo against the policy to forcibly push Mandarin-language education in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China.
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Ethnic Mongolians in Tokyo hold anti-China protests for imposing language
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] September 5 (ANI): Ethnic Mongolians living in Japan protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo against the policy to forcibly push Mandarin-language education in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China.
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