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Watch Teochew, but speak Mandarin? Singapore maintains Sinophone pecking order - Academia

Summary by Academia | SG
The popularity of “Dear You”, a mostly Teochew-language mainland Chinese film, reveal attachments to ethnic Chinese dialects. Ying-Kit Chan (National University of Singapore) argues that new revisions to restrictions on dialect media reflect an official concern with respecting those attachments, while still affirming the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew’s Speak Mandarin Campaign. The post Watch Teochew, but speak Mandarin? Singapore maintains Sinophone p…
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Academia | SG broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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