Koreans agree that South Korea is greater than China

 Reporter : Chu Yunjuan / Editor : Yuan Mingqing / Publisher : Sound Of Hope

Ref : https://www.soundofhope.org/post/423748 / Direct translation

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After the Chinese Communist Party's forceful promotion of Chinese language education in Inner Mongolia was greatly bounced back by the local Mongolians, it has recently enforced Chinese language teaching for Koreans in the Northeast . However, some people of the Korean ethnic group said that the Korean people do not recognize China very much, but are more yearning for the "same language and same species" South Korea. Compared with the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Koreans are more willing to work and study in South Korea, and Korean families all speak Korean. The CCP’s ambition to exterminate Korean culture will not succeed.

1.8 million ethnic Koreans are distributed in the three northeastern provinces. Some of these Korean children study in Chinese schools, while others choose to study in local Korean schools.

According to the Chosun Ilbo, some Korean elementary and middle schools located in China’s Liaoning Province and other northeastern regions have switched to using the official CCP’s “Chinese” textbooks in the new semester starting in September, replacing the original textbooks compiled by Yanbian Education Press. Chinese (Chinese)" textbook.

According to a report by the South Korean Union Daily, some people in Chinese Korean schools said that starting from the new semester, some schools will use nationally unified language textbooks from elementary school to junior high school, instead of using Korean textbooks published by Yanbian Education Publishing House. This policy will start from some schools and expand to localities, and then gradually cover all Korean schools.

Radio Free Asia quoted Xiaojin (a pseudonym), a resident of Yanbian Prefecture in Jilin Province, as saying that since the news that Korean schools will promote Chinese teaching were exposed, the local police force has been significantly strengthened. At least 4 police officers were deployed at each intersection. On the school day, a large number of patrols and armed police vehicles patrolled the streets, and the atmosphere was very tense. Xiaojin said that the authorities should prevent mass incidents like Inner Mongolia from happening.

However, there have not been any public protests. Xiao Jin believes that this has something to do with the small number of Koreans, and more importantly, many local Koreans have chosen to send their children to study in South Korea. What they yearn for is South Korea, which is culturally and linguistically connected, so they vote with their feet, and the CCP authorities "cannot leave the hearts of Koreans."

Koreans more identify with South Korea

A Korean national living in Beijing told the Central News Agency that Korean parents have already reached a consensus on their native language and Chinese, and that they can also speak Korean at home, so they don’t care much about the language used in school teaching.

A Korean national working in the hospital system of Shenyang told Sound Of Hope that she and her younger sister were both in Han schools. Generally, Koreans from good families send their children to Han schools because of the low rate of enrollment in Korean students. "Many of the Koreans who take the college entrance examination in China will choose to go to Han high schools, so the chances of getting two books are higher."

The above-mentioned Korean people in Beijing also said that after graduating from high school or university, many Korean youths in Northeast China are most yearning for work or studying abroad in South Korea. In addition to the degree of economic development, the cultural identity of "the same language and the same species" is a key factor.

He said that many shopping malls in Seoul, South Korea, like to hire these Koreans who originally lived in China because they have a bilingual and bi-cultural background in Chinese and Korean, which is conducive to serving as a communication bridge between Chinese tourists and Korean shops, and they understand the habits of Chinese tourists. . According to word of mouth, more and more Koreans are going to work and study in South Korea.

Xiao Jin also said that it is difficult for Koreans to get promoted after they have reached a certain position in various Chinese agencies. In the past, although the top officials in Yanbian were Han, the second in chief would be Korean. However, now the first and second leaders of many agencies are Han nationality, because the Koreans have already left, which leads to a brain drain, leaving many ordinary civilians without a sense of belonging.

He emphasized that South Korea’s freedom, democracy, and tolerance are a safe haven for Chinese Koreans. He believes that if the Republic of Mongolia can be as free, democratic, powerful, and wealthy as South Korea, the Mongolians will also vote with their feet like the Koreans.

Chinese Koreans protested against the authorities’ Chinese language education in front of the Chinese Embassy

After the authorities forced Chinese language education in Inner Mongolia, their actions against the Koreans aroused dissatisfaction with overseas Chinese. According to overseas Chinese media reports, on September 19, 2020, Chinese Koreans living in South Korea gathered in front of the CCP’s embassy to protest the CCP’s policy of extinction of ethnic minority culture and forced Sinicization.

According to the report, due to the repeated occurrence of covid in South Korea, the South Korean government restricted the number of rallies, and 10 people attended the protest that day.