Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
Datos de la Revista
| Tipo | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Palgrave Macmillan Limited |
| ISBN-13 | 9780230234406 |
| Open Library | OL25657132W |
| Total de publicaciones | 9 |
| Periodo de cobertura | 2009 - 2009 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citada por | 19 |
| Índice h | 1 |
| Índice i10 | 1 |
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic
Minority Communities and Languages
Like many Han Chinese, I grew up knowing little about China’s minority communities, except for the impressions I gained from a few films. One of them called Wu duo Jinhua, (Five Golden Flowers), was about five beautiful Bai girls in Dali, Yunnan, who shared the same name, Jinhua (golden flower). The film followed their lives through the social changes in the late 1950s as they became bureaucrats and professionals and conducted their individual lo…
New Policies and Practices under Communism
When the Common Program of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated in 1949 all nationalities were to enjoy equal rights and obligations and autonomous government was introduced. Minority languages were allowed “freedom to use and develop their own languages and scripts, and to maintain or reform their customs or religion” (Stalin, 1913, p. 21). A complementary decision was taken to establish more minority schools, train cadres in minority …
Minority Language Issues under the Open Door
A new stage was set for China in 1977 after the third Plenary Session of the Tenth National Congress of the CCP. In August 1977 Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the CCP, stressed that the education system required immediate restoration and development. He instructed “all primary, middle schools and higher education institutions to restore the education system from the beginning of the school year in autumn 1977” (Zhou, Y., 1990, p. 106). These key…
Bilingual Models of Minority Education in Yunnan
I am returning to where I left off, from my own Yunnan experiment which began in 1995. My impressions of this extraordinary world; its diversity, unique communities, different languages and culture, remain vivid after all these years. There, I met many professors and students proud of their identity. When they introduced themselves, they told me they were Bai, Naxi, Yi, Dai, Lisu, Lahu and so on. Although almost of them were conversant in Putongh…
Language, Education and Communities in Xinjiang
Visitors to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) will def initely experience the breadth of its horizon. As China’s largest region, Xinjiang constitutes one-sixth of China’s total land mass and covers an area of 1.66 million square kilometers in the far northwest of the country. Externally, it borders eight countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, the Republic of Mongolia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Within Chin…
Progress, Challenges and Prospects
The importance of China’s 106 million ethnic people in its social fabric is well recognized. Although economic development has brought work and income to many regions, growth has been uneven and is frequently accompanied by a heavy environmental cost. Thus, pressures for separatist activity aggravated by religious and secular differences are apparent. Despite the massive drop in extreme poverty figures, life remains predominantly difficult for th…
Minorities in the Past
The different languages of the peoples of China’s vast territories contested for supremacy as far back as the Archaic era when the legendary Yellow Emperor (2697–2597 BC), brought together the tribes of the fertile agricultural basin of the Yellow River, expanding their territory to the south and east. The great dynasties of the Xia, Shang and Zhou wanted to locate their imperial court and sovereign territories at the center of a universe. Beyond…
Minority Communities in Post-colonial Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not an interesting place for anyone examining China’s minority languages since nine out of ten residents speak Cantonese as a first language. Cantonese is considered a Chinese dialect, and has phonological, morphological and syntactic level differences with Putonghua. In fact, most Cantonese speakers find the Putonghua pronunciation system unfamiliar. This is because only a few of them have l…
Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic
Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic
Minority Communities and Languages
Like many Han Chinese, I grew up knowing little about China’s minority communities, except for the impressions I gained from a few films. One of them called Wu duo Jinhua, (Five Golden Flowers), was about five beautiful Bai girls in Dali, Yunnan, who shared the same name, Jinhua (golden flower). The film followed their lives through the social changes in the late 1950s as they became bureaucrats and professionals and conducted their individual lo…
New Policies and Practices under Communism
When the Common Program of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated in 1949 all nationalities were to enjoy equal rights and obligations and autonomous government was introduced. Minority languages were allowed “freedom to use and develop their own languages and scripts, and to maintain or reform their customs or religion” (Stalin, 1913, p. 21). A complementary decision was taken to establish more minority schools, train cadres in minority …
Minority Language Issues under the Open Door
A new stage was set for China in 1977 after the third Plenary Session of the Tenth National Congress of the CCP. In August 1977 Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the CCP, stressed that the education system required immediate restoration and development. He instructed “all primary, middle schools and higher education institutions to restore the education system from the beginning of the school year in autumn 1977” (Zhou, Y., 1990, p. 106). These key…
Bilingual Models of Minority Education in Yunnan
I am returning to where I left off, from my own Yunnan experiment which began in 1995. My impressions of this extraordinary world; its diversity, unique communities, different languages and culture, remain vivid after all these years. There, I met many professors and students proud of their identity. When they introduced themselves, they told me they were Bai, Naxi, Yi, Dai, Lisu, Lahu and so on. Although almost of them were conversant in Putongh…
Language, Education and Communities in Xinjiang
Visitors to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) will def initely experience the breadth of its horizon. As China’s largest region, Xinjiang constitutes one-sixth of China’s total land mass and covers an area of 1.66 million square kilometers in the far northwest of the country. Externally, it borders eight countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, the Republic of Mongolia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Within Chin…
Progress, Challenges and Prospects
The importance of China’s 106 million ethnic people in its social fabric is well recognized. Although economic development has brought work and income to many regions, growth has been uneven and is frequently accompanied by a heavy environmental cost. Thus, pressures for separatist activity aggravated by religious and secular differences are apparent. Despite the massive drop in extreme poverty figures, life remains predominantly difficult for th…
Minorities in the Past
The different languages of the peoples of China’s vast territories contested for supremacy as far back as the Archaic era when the legendary Yellow Emperor (2697–2597 BC), brought together the tribes of the fertile agricultural basin of the Yellow River, expanding their territory to the south and east. The great dynasties of the Xia, Shang and Zhou wanted to locate their imperial court and sovereign territories at the center of a universe. Beyond…
Minority Communities in Post-colonial Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not an interesting place for anyone examining China’s minority languages since nine out of ten residents speak Cantonese as a first language. Cantonese is considered a Chinese dialect, and has phonological, morphological and syntactic level differences with Putonghua. In fact, most Cantonese speakers find the Putonghua pronunciation system unfamiliar. This is because only a few of them have l…
Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic