Pushing Putonghua
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On Tuesday, the State Council dropped a set of opinions to strengthen work on China's spoken and written languages.
The big goal that made headlines:
The opinions aim to have 85% of China's population generally proficient in Mandarin by 2025.
Some foreign media saw the push to boost Mandar...