GUANGZHOU: Free-wheeling and business-oriented, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is a long way from Beijing physically, culturally and linguistically – and hackles have been raised by reports Communist authorities are demanding local television drop Cantonese in favour of Mandarin.
Throughout China, Mandarin – known as Putonghua, the “common language”, with its roots in Beijing’s northern dialect – is the medium of government, education and national official media.
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