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A surge of articles on “Many countries aspire to return to China” appears in China. The company publishing the posts was closed long ago
 
(16 Apr) Recently, an article titled “Why Kazakhstan wants to return to China?” circulated in Mainland China, which sparked a diplomatic storm over which Kazakhstan summoned the Chinese ambassador to express discontent. This incident drew heated discussions, and netizens discovered more articles on WeChat on "Why does one want to return to China?”. According to media reports, the company behind the account in question has already been closed last year, yet officials were unable to explain why there have been recent posts from the account.
 
Articles titled “Why does (this country) aspire to return to China?” have flooded the internet, and the places mentioned were Vietnam, India’s Manipur, Myanmar’s Kokang, Russian border tribes and even African Chinese etc. These articles are considered as “canned text”.
 
The Paper reported that a public account named “The latest car information” published near 30 articles on “Why does (this country) aspire to return to China?” and “Why did (this country) become independent from China?”. For example, on 5 Feb, the account in question published an article named “Why India’s Manipur wants to return to China?” claimed that according to history, Manipur’s connection with China began in the Western Han Dynasty, "though they are physically abroad, they have always longed to return to their motherland”. The account published another article on 28 Mar, titled “Which countries desire to return to China the most?” The list includes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, etc.
 
WeChat: 227 offending articles deleted and 153 accounts blocked
 
The report stated that the company registered to the account in question is Crayon Network Studio, in Qujiang New District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, who registered its public account on 7 Jan last year. However, according to a staff from the Xi’an Qujiang New District Cyberspace Administration Office, that company was closed on 29 Jul last year, and the articles from its WeChat public account have been blocked since. Why is it still possible for the account to publish articles? “This problem is too technical and further understanding is needed”, the staff said. 
 
WeChat responded that such articles involved exaggerated and misleading information, and has now deleted 227 offending articles related to “aspire to return to China”. 153 public accounts were also blocked.

Source: Hket

#Kazakhstan #diplomatic #WeChat #CrayonNetworkStudio #Kyrgyzstan #Tajikistan #Mongolia #India #ChinesePropaganda

Embassy in Mongolia Returned the Letter about the Opposition to Chinese Teaching Materials in Inner Mongolia: Wrong Point of View

Inner Mongolia Education Department required all institutions to teach in Chinese instead of Mongolian, which triggered local citizens to protest. The Former Mongolian President, Elbegdorj Tsakhia, sent a letter to President Xi Jinping yesterday (25th September), demonstrating the push in Chinese teaching materials in Inner Mongolia. He posted in Twitter today that the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia had returned his letter. He also emphasized, he would not retract that letter and stated that the letter had already drawn many attentions in society.

According to RTHK quoted the letter from Chinese Ambassador, Chai Wenrui, to Elbegdorj Tsakhia, indicated that all affairs related to Inner Mongolia, including bilingual education, were China’s internal affairs and no interference from others was allowed. They also said the view in Elbegdorji's letter was completely wrong that China would not accept it. China hopes that he would respect China’s sovereignty based on the relationship between the two countries, identify the truth and stop speculating on relevant issues.

Chai said he noted that Elbegdorji had recently made many remarks on the reform of bilingual education in Inner Mongolia. However, the national-common language is a symbol of national sovereignty. It is the right and obligation of every citizen to learn and use the language. At the same time, the Chinese government protects the rights of ethnic minorities, including Mongolians, to use their own spoken and written languages.

Elbegdorji’s letter stated that the Chinese Constitution stipulated all ethnic groups have the freedom to use and develop their language but the freedom of Mongolian children in Inner Mongolia is being violated. He pointed out that he wrote the letter as he could not ignore the problem, describing that thousands of Mongolians and their children desired China to fulfil their rights under the constitution, they are suffering indescribably.

Source from: Stand News #Sep26

https://bit.ly/2ShXozi

#China #Chinese #Mongolia #Mongolian #Bilingual #Education #ElbegdorjTsakhia #ChaiWenrui

Japanese-Mongolian Professor Said China Should Maintain Language Diversity

Mongolians earlier held a demonstration in Japan to oppose the Chinese-teaching Policy in Mongolia. A participant criticised the Chinese Government for eliminating the Mongolian language. A person from the organiser believed that Inner-Mongolia was a model and obedient autonomous region. It is not understandable of why the authority still push forward the policy.

Originally a Mongolian now residing in Japan, Yang Haiying, the Professor in Shizuoka University analyzed that the Chinese Government wanted to strengthen Chinese teaching promotion was as they are worried about the separatism appeared in Mongolia. However, he said that it would be counterproductive if the language diversity is not preserved.

#Japan #China #InnerMongolia #Mongolia #LanguageDiversity #ChineseTeaching #Mongolian

Source: RTHK #Oct05

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1553089-20201005.htm