There are countless dialects and languages spoken by ethnic minorities in China, all of whom have to learn mandarin in school, for the purposes of being able to communicate. It's just the same in literally almost every other country, there is mandatory instruction in the official national language. The difference between China and most countries is that they also provide classes in the local dialect/language.

Liberals don't actually care about "cultural genocide" though, they celebrate it when it's done against Russian minorities in Eastern Europe. NYT writers cream their pants in ecstasy every time they hear about how Ukraine is "cleansing" their land of Russian cultural influence. Just last week, there was an NYT piece about the necessity of purging Russian language and culture from Ukraine to curb separatism. Liberals love "cultural genocide" when they and their favorite nazi buddies do it. It's only a bad thing to them when it can be used as a bad faith cudgel.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Just last week, there was an NYT piece about the necessity of purging Russian language and culture from Ukraine to curb separatism.

Just a complete reversal of cause and effect by "journalists", lmao. not-a-journalist

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The difference between China and most countries is that they also provide classes in the local dialect/language.

That was my understanding and what I was getting at, yeah. If you have a source I would love it because I have heard this more than once, and went looking for something to back it up but haven't had much luck either way.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My source is friends that grew up in China in the 90s… it’s a school dependent thing. Some will offer classes for heritage speakers, but it’s never required because that puts students from other regions at a disadvantage if they have to learn a new dialect.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, thanks! Appreciate it.