Why has Singapore refused to give up Chinese? Lee Kuan Yew only plays an auxiliary role, which is the most crucial point.

Singapore is an island country in Southeast Asia. Historically, it has been controlled by various foreign forces. It was not until 1965 that Singapore became independent from Malaysia and had its own country.

As a multicultural immigrant country, Singapore is undoubtedly successful. Its economy is also very prosperous and it is one of the four little dragons in Asia. Their unique "state capitalism" economic model makes the world shine and makes the people of Singapore rich. This is obviously inseparable from the contribution of Singapore's "father of the country" Lee Kuan Yew.

Lee Kuan Yew once published a book, Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. The subtitle of this book is "Bilingual Road in Singapore". It can be seen that Lee Kuan Yew attaches importance to the language of this country. Although Lee Kuan Yew adheres to the policy of taking English as the first language, he does not advocate that Chinese people give up Chinese.

He believes that Chinese are the source of national self-confidence, and Chinese occupy a dominant position in this immigrant country. If you don't know Chinese, Lee Kuan Yew said, "Then you will lose the national confidence that Chinese people should have, and you will not benefit from the rise of China.".

This is the wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew. Although he listed English as his first language, he never tried to undermine the meaning of Chinese. The reason why he wants to dominate English is to turn Singapore into the most international country in the world. The existence of Chinese is the embodiment of Singapore's multiculturalism. If Lee Kuan Yew simply chooses to use English instead of all the local national languages, this immigrant country may fall apart culturally. In Singapore, there are four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, representing the four major ethnic groups in Singapore: Eurasian, Chinese, Malay and Indian.

In fact, there are 1 1 special schools in Singapore, all of which teach both Chinese and English as their first languages. In 2003, Chinese was included in the four major courses of primary education in Singapore, which is compulsory education.

Some people think that the reason why Chinese people have such a sustained and stable influence in Singapore is inseparable from the Lee regime. This statement is not entirely correct. From a political point of view, Lee Kuan Yew's choice is in line with their national interests. The existence of China people must depend on the future development of China. As long as China has enough influence, the Chinese will definitely continue in Singapore, and it doesn't matter whether Lee Kuan Yew exists or not. Because at that time, China people had gone abroad and went to the world.