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From “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears

AI & the Future of Technology2026.06.24
From “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears
Hu Yilin on language policy, the revival of dialects, and the boundaries of freedom IntroductionA Chinese film led mainly in Teochew, Dear You, has recently sparked discussion in Singapore. The film was originally released in Singapore mainly with Mandarin dubbing, but after audiences responded enthusiastically to screenings of the original Teochew version, Golden Village added Teochew showings and continued to apply to IMDA for more screenings. The Straits Times reported that some Teochew screenings quickly sold out, and the cinema chain is seeking approval to add more original-language screenings.Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/golden-village-seeking-imda-approval-for-up-to-50-screenings-of-dear-you-in-teochew This controversy is worth paying attention to not only because of a film’s screening choices, but because it once again…
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2026年6月24日
Freedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality

Enlightenment & the Spirit of Freedom2026.06.24
Freedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality
The Singapore government recently required YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 pieces of online content targeting the Indian community. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said these posts attacked the Indian community and undermined Singapore’s multiracial social model, and that the relevant content may have originated on Chinese platforms. The police issued directives to the platforms under the Online Criminal Harms Act, requiring them to bar Singapore users from accessing the relevant content. This incident has drawn attention not only because it involves racial issues, but also because it touches the core of Singapore’s mode of governance: in a modern city-state that places a high value on social harmony, multiracial…
freedom politics pluralism state
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2026年6月24日
Rebuilding the Threshold—Web3 Is Indeed a Kind of Regression into “Enclosure and Self-Exaltation,” but That May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing

Culture & Public Commentary2022.01.30
Rebuilding the Threshold—Web3 Is Indeed a Kind of Regression into “Enclosure and Self-Exaltation,” but That May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing
Yesterday, the floor price of the Bored Ape NFT broke through 100 Ether (ETH), and now it is 106.9 (one Ether is currently worth more than 2,500 U.S. dollars), which means a single Bored Ape is worth roughly one to two million yuan. “Floor price” refers to the cheapest ape you can buy right now if you rush in and make the purchase immediately. Because every ape looks different, and the rarity of their various attributes also differs, many people choose to buy at a higher price point; for example, Justin Bieber today spent 500 ETH to buy one. The full name of Bored Ape is “Bored Ape Yacht Club”…
culture Web3 blockchain decentralization
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2022年1月30日
What Can Chinese Tradition Bring to Modern Politics?

Chinese Civilization & the Way of Chinese2010.12.21
What Can Chinese Tradition Bring to Modern Politics?
Of course, restoring China’s traditional Confucian ritual order and bureaucratic politics is impossible. That would first require the restoration of the imperial system and the revival of the clan order. A wholesale return to the old is hopeless, and unnecessary as well. No matter how Chinese politics develops in the future, it is bound to be Westernized and modernized. So, amid all this, what can Chinese tradition still bring, what elements can it still provide? Of course, you may think that not a single element of so-called Chinese tradition is needed at all, and that it would be enough simply to introduce Western modern democratic institutions. But a complete…
China culture democracy Arendt
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2010年12月21日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 10-01-09 [Penultimate Issue?]

Life & Notes2010.01.09
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 10-01-09 [Penultimate Issue?]
Next week (January 16) may be the final session of the Xindao Salon. How we’ll do things next semester, we can talk about it after the New Year~ My Xindao membership card has been pretty much used up, but amazingly there are still seventeen or eighteen free drinks left. So next week, come a few people and help me drink them up……
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2010年1月9日
Notes from Today’s New Island Salon 09-06-27

Life & Notes2009.06.27
Notes from Today’s New Island Salon 09-06-27
I will still be hanging around Xin Dao on the Saturdays of next week and the week after that, though I may go back to Shanghai on the 18th and the 25th. And I should be back in August. I have no particular plans for the summer vacation salons; basically I’ll just be studying on my own or surfing the internet. Acquaintances are welcome to come keep me company and chat idly, and acquaintances are also welcome to bring along family and friends to get acquainted. Latest Comments Xiaoqiong’s Paradise 2009-06-29 02:33:38 http://fox100.ycool.com/
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2009年6月27日
I Recently Started Writing a Log on the Campus Network

Site Matters2008.12.24
I Recently Started Writing a Log on the Campus Network
It’s been more than two weeks already, but I should still announce it here～ http://xiaonei.com/profile.do?id=7755 Why did I think of writing logs on Xiaonei? First of all, unlike here on Suixuan, the logs on Xiaonei are not the product of my overflow. Although I only write two sentences a day, or even two words, this result is “squeezed” out rather than “flowing” out. When I am writing frequently, the text here on Suixuan may amount to one or two thousand characters a day, but that is a very effortless thing; whereas those two sentences a day there are terribly hard to produce, and I also don’t know how long I…
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2008年12月24日