Speaking of Singapore, it is a country established by Chinese overseas. With its unique geographical location and economic development speed, it was also called one of the "four little dragons in Asia" at that time. More than 70% of them are from China, which is why many people are very curious. Do they usually use Chinese?

In fact, the situation in Singapore is not quite what we expected. In fact, Chinese has no place in Singapore, but belongs to an official language. In addition, Singapore is now a nationalized city, so English has become the main language of education, government administration and trade. In this way, the status of Chinese is not so important, and in fact, many Chinese in Singapore have been educated in English since birth and can't even speak Chinese.

Since Lee Kuan Yew took office, he has always been very disgusted with Chinese people. This also made many people feel very strange at that time. How can he say that he is from China? Why did he react like this?

In fact, Lee Kuan Yew was educated in the West since he was a child, and he was more enthusiastic about European and American cultures. He even felt ashamed that he was from China.

At the beginning, Nanyang University was established in Singapore for discourse education, but Lee Kuan Yew not only refused to recognize Nanyang University, but even revoked the citizenship of Chen Liushi, the founder of Nanyang University. From 65438 to 0980, the Singapore government closed Nanyang University, and Chinese education in Singapore fell into a low tide.

At the beginning, Lee Kuan Yew's practice really aroused the dissatisfaction of many Chinese, so he introduced "Speak more Chinese and less dialects". Of course, this is just to stabilize people's hearts. Many Chinese schools were closed, and all Chinese who adhered to China's traditional culture were expelled from Singapore.

Therefore, in the minds of young Singaporeans, Chinese is only a language and does not occupy a dominant position. What many people don't understand is why Lee Kuan Yew is so stubbornly promoting English education and boycotting Chinese.

In fact, for the sake of so-called internationalization, and secondly to reduce China's influence, it is very important to establish cooperation with the West. Lee Kuan Yew's approach, some netizens said, is too realistic. To say the least, this is unacceptable to us in China, which is also a very important reason why he was criticized.

However, with the growing strength of China, the Singaporean education department has gradually picked up the lost Chinese education, and some primary and secondary schools have also offered non-compulsory Chinese courses.