Blog post 7
I wrote about how china has disappearing cultures and languages. China’s government recognizes 55 different ethnicities, although many more exist. For example, the Namuyi, a minority group in Sichuan, is unique but classified as Tibetan by the government. Of these ethnic groups, the Han Chinese is by far the most prevalent. Their language is taught in schools, and they make up over 80% of the nation. President Xi is Han Chinese, and mandarin is called 汉语sometimes, meaning han language. China also has more than 300 languages, where 50+ are critically endangered. This means that people are not teaching their kids, and the speakers are dying out, with less than 5000 speakers. The government is not teaching these languages and is pushing mandarin more, causing these cultures’ histories to be lost. In a map of china seen below, Han Chinese make up a lot of the area, but still, a lot is made up of other cultures. This diversity isn’t shown in the government, with Han men still mostly in power. 