Table of contents
         List of contributors
         Preface by the series editors Bernard Spolsky and Elana Shohamy
         Foreword Victor H. Mair
         Acknowledgements
         1. Introduction: The Context of the Theory and Practice of China’s
         Language Policy Minglang Zhou & Heidi A. Ross
         Part I: Theory and Practice in the Center
         2. Fifty Years of Script and Written Language Reform in the PRC:
         The Genesis of the Language Law of 2001 John S. Rohsenow
         3. The Relationship between Putonghua and Chinese Dialects
         Longsheng Guo
         4. The Creation of Writing Systems and Nation Establishment:
         The Case of China in the 1950s Qingsheng Zhou
         5. Minority Language Policy in China: Equality in Theory and
         Inequality in Practice Minglang Zhou
         Part II: The Center Versus the Periphery in Practice
         6. Language Spread Versus Language Maintenance: Policy Making
         and Implementation Process Dongyan Ru Blachford
         7. Good to Hear: Using the Trope of Standard to Find One’s Way
         in a Sea of Linguistic Diversity Susan D. Blum
         8. Putonghua Education and Language Policy in Postcolonial Hong Kong
         Bennan Zhang & Robin R. Yang
         9. On the Promotion of Putonghua in China: How a Standard Language
         Becomes a Vernacular Claire Saillard
         Part III: Theorizing Personal Experiences from the Practice
         10. Theorizing over 40 Years Personal Experiences with the Creation
         and Development of Minority Writing Systems of China Hongkai Sun
         11. The Use and Development of Dai and Its Vernacular Writing Systems
         Yaowen Zhou & Fenghe Fang
         Part IV: Theory and Practiced Viewed from Minority Communities
         12. The Use and Development of Tibetan in China
         Maocao Zhou
         13. The Introduction and Development of the Zhuang Writing System
         Xulian Li & Quanxi Huang
         14. Policies on the Planning and Use of the Yi Language and Writing Systems
         Zhongliang Pu
         15. Language Policy for Bai
         Feng Wang
         16. The Use and Development of Mongol and Its Writing Systems in China
         Caodaobateer
         17. Language Policy and Standardization of Korean in China
         Pingwu Tai
         Part V: Foreign Language Education Policy and Modernization
         18. Foreign Language Education in the PRC: A Brief Overview
         LuMing Mao & Yue Min
         Postscript
         19. Language Matters in China: An Anthropological Postscript
         Ann M. Hill
         Index
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