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Chinese Education in Myanmar

二戰之後，一代華人開始流落緬甸北部撣邦的臘戌，在當地發展私人華校，承傳華人文化。及後的反華浪潮，甚至主動將「漢族」按當地果敢地區的名字更名為「果敢族」，學校教授「果文」而不是「中文」，以求以少數民族之名委曲求存。時至今日，第二第三代華人在緬甸落地生根，漸漸融入緬甸，孩子們都前往緬校上學，然而他們不忘根本，每天清晨及黃昏時間，在緬校上課之前及下課之後，均前往華校讀書，努力學習中華文化，以致每天上課時間甚至長達10多小時，令人欽佩。

After the second world war, the first generation of ethnic Chinese settled in Lashio, Shan State in northern Myanmar. They developed local Chinese schools which inherited Chinese culture. In the subsequent anti-Chinese wave, the “Han Chinese” was re-named “Kokang”, which originated from the local area of the same name. Schools taught the Kokang language, rather than Chinese, in order to survive in the name of ethnic minorities. Today, the second and third generations of ethnic Chinese have taken root in Myanmar and gradually integrated themselves into the country. Although children attend Myanmese schools, they have not forgotten their origins. These children also attend a local Chinese school at dawn and at dusk, before and after their classes in Myanmese schools. They work hard to learn Chinese culture, and daily class time can reach 10 hours or more, which is highly admirable.