Although Singapore is an China country and has been included in the "Greater China Circle" by the West, it is an independent country after all. You know, the Chinese elites in Singapore have long been westernized: under the long-term influence of the colonial rule of the British Empire and western education, many of them, of course, are mainly elites. They are only proud of being the people of the British Empire and ashamed of being Chinese.
Thus, after Singapore's independence, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the "father of the country", began the process of going to China: Nanyang University, which spread Chinese culture, was closed; And use English instead of Chinese as Putonghua.
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The background and development of Chinese education in Singapore after the closure of Nanyang University;
1. In the whole modernization process of Singapore, it was mainly connected with Europe and America in the early stage, its export trade was oriented to Europe and America, and its banking system was also connected with the West. Over time, English learning and the spread of western knowledge account for a large proportion in the social employment and education system.
After years of hard work, the Chinese level of the younger generation in Singapore has picked up again, but compared with the era of Lee Kuan Yew, great changes have taken place in Singapore society. The younger generation can communicate in Chinese, but their thinking has been seriously westernized. Chinese education in Singapore exists in name only. Because for Singaporeans whose English is the first official language, learning Chinese is as difficult as that of Europeans and Americans.
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