Protection of the varieties of Chinese

Protection of the varieties of Chinese (simplified Chinese: 方言保护; traditional Chinese: 方言保護) refers to efforts to protect the continued existence of the varieties of Chinese in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions, amid pressure to abandon their use, usually in favor of Standard Mandarin. == Background == Education and media programming in varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin have been discouraged by the governments of China, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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