Dialects' return may dilute Chinese language importance. China's global ascension demands focus.

My two cents on the Teochew Dear You saga. The return of dialects will dilute the thrust and importance of the Chinese language, bearing in mind that Mandarin is the spoken component, whilst the written script is common for all.
School children already have a tough time managing both English & Chinese languages. Unlike Malay say, which is Romanised.
Secondly, China' ascension economically and militarily is astounding. The next world's superpower ? Even HK schools today are steadfast in the transmission of the Chinese language over the dialect, Cantonese. The colonialist British' Divide-Rule Policy.
The lingua franca of about 2 billions speakers across the world and even the UN.
Don't be stupid to lose out over emotional reasons.
Did we know that in Malaysia today, the privately funded vernacular (Chinese) primarily schools are filled with some 30% non-Chinese, just to study in Mandarin.

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"Even HK schools today are steadfast in the transmission of the Chinese language over the dialect, Cantonese."

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have u ever talked to actual hong kong ppl lmao

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there is value to preserving heritage in society.

the diminishing of dialects doesn’t only result in paving the way for Chinese, it also means the erasure of any personal links to traditional culture.

The fact that many of us are unable to even communicate with much of our older population is evident enough that the push for Chinese has severed our connection to our cultural heritage.

I understand that pragmatically we benefit from upholding learning Chinese in schools,
but I don’t see why we have to be so anal as to completely exclude the existence of dialects in all our media.

This passive sentiment towards heritage preservation extends beyond just the chinese realm,
Im already PISSED that Haji Lane is becoming Mixue Lane,
we NEED more awareness not just from the government but as citizens ourselves, to protect and promote the heritage we still have,
otherwise I am afraid this country is going to become the gentrified, capitalist slopland that it’s sadly heading towards.

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drop your address, i come lecture you buddy

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