I build a red alert base in the Golden Triangle

Chapter 293

: The situation of the Nanyang Chinese

At this time, the Haihong had sailed out of the Dijiang estuary.

The ship under Yang Qi’s feet also entered the blue waters of Tianzhu Ocean from the inland river full of yellow sediment.

This Imperial River has washed away a lot of sediment from the upper reaches, so the water color of the entire river is also yellowish to the naked eye. It is conceivable that the water and soil erosion in the upper reaches is more serious.

As the largest port city in Qin State, Yangon has more than twelve river channels in this area and is the port with the largest throughput in Qin State.

Eighty percent of Qin’s import and export goods pass through Yangon, and Qin’s main railway lines and highways basically lead to Yangon.

So when the civil war in Qin ended and the situation stabilized, Yangon’s seaport also returned to its former prosperity. There were many ships coming and going, and many ships even formed a fleet and went out to sea together.

The Qin naval fleet also dispatched many additional patrol squadrons to escort coastal cities entering and exiting Qin and the main waterways in the Andaman Sea to avoid previous piracy incidents.

01 Yang Qi looked at the increasingly prosperous routes and suddenly said: “I remember that there are many Chinese in Southeast Asia.”

Rong Tianci beside him finished eating an apple and threw the core into the sea, attracting a group of fish to fight for it.

“There are probably more than 30 million people.” Rong Tianci is also a businessman who often travels to Southeast Asia. He runs timber business and some maritime trade businesses in various countries in Southeast Asia. He often does business with the Chinese people in Southeast Asia and also has a certain influence on the Chinese ethnic groups in Southeast Asia. learn.

There are 11 countries in Southeast Asia with a total population of more than 630 million, of which the Chinese ethnic group accounts for more than 6%.

This still maintains the identity and cultural traditions of the Chinese ethnic group. Although more mixed-race children have some Han culture, their identity information is not Chinese. Even with the suppression of the Chinese ethnic group by Southeast Asian countries in the past few decades, more and more new students have Chinese culture is being lost in this era.

For example, the Kingdom of Siam is the country with the largest Chinese ethnic group. Among the total population of 70 million, there are more than 10 million Chinese. If you include the mixed-race people with Han culture, this number may be close to half of the total population.

Especially in the plains and coastal areas with the largest population in the Kingdom of Siam, the Chinese population is the largest.

Because of their special culture, the Chinese ethnic group also has the highest level of education.

In various Southeast Asian countries, the Chinese run various businesses and plantations and control a large amount of land and wealth.

The Chinese population in each country does not exceed 20% of the total population at most, but they control 40% or even 90% of the economies of Southeast Asian countries.

Regardless of their level of education and wealth, they are the best ethnic group.

But this has also aroused fear in Southeast Asian countries.

During the period when Western colonists colonized various countries in Southeast Asia, local rulers and indigenous forces joined forces many times to carry out massacres and economic deprivation of the Chinese ethnic group in order to control the population growth of the Chinese ethnic group and plunder the Chinese wealth.

“I have a Chinese friend in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Malay Kingdom. His family has been engaged in plantations for generations.” Rong Tianci took out a box of cigarettes, poured out two cigarettes, and gave one to Yang Qi.

After taking out a lighter and lighting cigarettes for the two of them, while blowing the sea breeze, Rong Tianci said: “I used to talk about the situation of the Chinese when we were drinking.”

“Oh? What do you say?” Although Yang Qi also has some Nanyang Chinese friends, he doesn’t have a deep understanding of the situation of the Nanyang Chinese. He has only heard about it, so he asked curiously.

“In the Malay Kingdom, the total population is more than 32 million, and there are nearly 7 million Chinese, which is a lot.” Rong Tianci exhaled a breath of smoke and continued: “My friend said that the Chinese over there have their own In schools and communities, the Chinese ethnic group basically live in clusters, and few people live in areas where other ethnic groups live outside.”

“In the Chinese inhabited areas, the elders of each clan came forward to set aside a piece of land to build a school in the core of the inhabited area and hired teachers. It used to be called private schools, but in modern times was renamed as a school. It specializes in teaching Chinese language and Chinese culture. For Chinese children, even Children of mixed race are free, as long as the child has a Chinese surname.”

“But in recent decades, the Malay Kingdom has been curbing the development of the Chinese ethnic group. The most important one is that students in Chinese schools are not allowed to take exams such as the college entrance examination and civil service examinations.”

Hearing this, Yang Qi frowned and said, “Can’t you even take the college entrance examination?”

“Yes, this is the case for purely Chinese schools.” Rong Tianci nodded and said: “But the policy quickly aroused opposition from the Chinese community in the Malay Kingdom. After all, the seven million Chinese in the Malay Kingdom account for 100% of the total population. Twenty out of ten, it still has some influence.”

“Later, after the efforts of the Chinese community, the Kingdom of Malay issued relevant qualification certificates to some Chinese schools. Only students from Chinese schools with these qualification certificates can take the college entrance examination and civil service examinations.”

“But as a condition of the deal, these Chinese schools that are issued certificates must teach Malay, the official language of the Kingdom of Malay, and students who take the college entrance examination and civil service examination must pass the passing examination in Malay.”

“Then how many Chinese schools are left?” Yang Qi could probably guess the purpose of the Malay Government’s policy.

It is to curb the expansion of Chinese culture.

Rong Tianci shook his head and said: “I don’t know how many Chinese schools are left, but my friend also said that his 447 daughter has been transferred to a public school after passing the Malay exam in a Chinese school, but Because I may not be able to go to high school if my grades are not good, I can only spend some money to study abroad.”

It is conceivable that under such a government order, many Chinese will choose to send their children to public schools.

Although there will definitely be students who stay in Chinese schools, in the long run, there will inevitably be fewer and fewer students in Chinese schools.

“This is just a frog boiled in warm water!” Yang Qi murmured.

Rong Tianci said: “I thought about it for a long time and checked the education policies of some countries. I found that education is the same in all countries in the world. If the country’s rule is to be stable, it is necessary to popularize the culture and education of the ruling ethnic group, whether it is like Malay A Southeast Asian country like the Kingdom is still Qin, or our motherland.”

“It’s just that for Southeast Asian countries like the Kingdom of Malay, the Chinese community is not only a minority group, but also a dominated group.”

“The culture owned by the Chinese ethnic group is not easy to assimilate, and there is even a high risk of being assimilated.”

“But with the development of modern society, it is very difficult for overseas Chinese groups to retain their culture.”

“By the way, Lao Yang.” Rong Tianci suddenly turned to Yang Qi and asked with a smile: “Do you know why in modern history, overseas Chinese groups have much more recognition for the Dragon Kingdom than modern overseas Chinese?”.