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With young Chinese fueling a revival of regional dialects, local governments across the country are now launching educational programs and media initiatives to preserve cultural identity. From after-school programs in Jiangxi to dialect-focused cartoons in Xiamen, local governments across China are mobilizing efforts to preserve local dialects that are increasingly at risk of fading into obscurity. Aimed at unifying the country under a single linguistic standard, Mandarin has been promoted as the official language of China since 1956. This policy, while successful in facilitating nationwide communication, has inadvertently placed many local dialects at risk as younger generations increasingly favor Mandarin for its broader utility in a globalized world. But in recent years, a renewed interest among young Chinese in their cultural and linguistic roots has sparked a revival of local dialects, partly fueled by mainstream media, including films like “B for Busy” and Wong Kar-wai’s TV
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