Regionalism, it would seem, isn't completely unknown in China. In spite of the best efforts of the Communist Party, it does show its face once in a while.
I consider the Mandarin policy as one of China's practical successes, though it usually provokes a lot of hand-wringing. China has achieved a remarkable flexibility and portability of the labour force due to the fact that everyone speaks Mandarin to a good degree. In boom cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen, the language in common use is Mandarin. Apparently, that's leading to some underground resentment.
It's not fair that the Chinese escape the ills that we in India have got to battle. How do you say mannina maga (or for that matter marathi manoos) in Shanghainese, Comrade?
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