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251:(SARFT) has allowed local television and other media in Guangdong Province to be broadcast in Cantonese since 1988 in order to countermeasure against Hong Kong influence. Meanwhile, usage of the country's other dialects in media is rigorously restricted by the SARFT, with permission from national or local authorities being required for a dialect to be the primary programming language at radio and television stations. Despite its unique standing relative to other Chinese dialects, Cantonese has also been targeted by the SARFT in attempts to curb its usage on local television in Guangdong. This was most exemplified by 461:) is officially discouraged by the government and nearly all education and media is conducted in the standard variant, with a notable exception being Cantonese in Guangdong media and public transportation. As a result, younger populations are increasingly losing knowledge of their local dialects. While there was limited activity in reintroducing local languages at schools through cultural programs and a slight uplifting of broadcasting restrictions on dialects during the 2000s, the Chinese government has stopped and in most cases, reversed these developments since the mid-2010s. 283: 30: 313: 1303: 349: 181: 207: 441:. This situation arose because Wa lacks an agreed standardisation (the dialects are very different and three different scripts are used for the language) and because of the significant presence of non-Wa minorities. Consequently, Chinese is used in the government, army, and business, and is taught in many schools. 96:
as an official language, as the term "Chinese" is considered a group of related language varieties rather than a homogeneous language, of which many are not mutually intelligible, in the context of the spoken language such designations are usually understood as one standard form of Chinese variety,
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are widely spoken and used in media. Additionally, they are taught at the primary school level and are used in public transportation announcements. A thriving literary scene for both Taiwanese and Hakka also exists alongside Mandarin. In December 2017, Hakka was recognised as a national minority
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Inclusion of Chinese among the working languages of the General Assembly, its committees and its subcommittees and inclusion of Arabic among the official and the working languages of the General Assembly and its Main Committees: amendments to rules 51 to 59 of the rules of procedure of the
480:(SMC) since the 1980s and forbids non-cable broadcasting and Chinese language medium of instruction in non-Mandarin varieties. However, since the mid-1990s, there has been a relaxation in allowing non-Mandarin broadcasting via cable networks and a massive following of 1399: 1129: 1439: 1419: 1278: 1004: 1477: 1948: 1444: 1071: 1454: 1449: 1434: 1424: 1404: 1288: 1244: 1164: 1105: 1061: 1016: 1414: 1409: 1389: 1117: 1049: 1459: 1429: 1283: 1261: 661:(1990) - Article 9: In addition to the Chinese language, English may also be used as an official language by the executive authorities, legislature and judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 690:(1993) - Article 9: In addition to the Chinese language, Portuguese may also be used as an official language by the executive authorities legislature and judiciary of the Macao Special Administrative Region. 473:
language, allowing it to be used for official purposes in townships where speakers form at least half of the population. Taiwanese was also granted national language status after a legislative act in 2018.
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English and Chinese were established as both the official languages of Hong Kong for the purposes of communication between the Government and the general public
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In Singapore, the public usage of varieties other than Standard Mandarin is discouraged as in China. The Singaporean government has actively promoted the
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consists of closely related varieties of Chinese spoken natively across most of northern and southwestern China, a form based on the
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Today, Chinese has an official language status in three countries and two territories. In China, it is the sole official language as
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it is co-official as Cantonese, alongside English and Portuguese respectively. Chinese is also an official language in the
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and Macau list the ambiguous "Chinese" as one of their official languages, although in practice, the regionally spoken
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is usually understood to be the official standard, though different territories use different standard scripts, namely
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Inclusion of Chinese among the working languages of the General Assembly and the Security Council (18 December 1973)
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dialect is used by the government as the official variant of Chinese rather than Mandarin as on the mainland.
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the official language, even though the government tries to promote the use of
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Cantonese is also highly influential in the southern Chinese province of
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has been established as the national standard and is official in the
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in 1973, when the General Assembly made Chinese a working language.
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List of territorial entities where Chinese is an official language
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Although Mandarin is the official variant of Chinese in Taiwan,
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Countries/territories in which Chinese is an official language.
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that resulted in the eventual rejection of the plans.
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Index

List of territorial entities where Chinese is an official language

China
Singapore
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau
Chinese
official language
variety of Chinese
Cantonese
Standard Mandarin
written modern standard Chinese
traditional characters
simplified characters
Standard Chinese
Singapore
Macau
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
six official languages
United Nations
United Nations
Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese
Macau
special administrative regions
Hong Kong
Cantonese
Guangdong
State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television

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