Uygurs learn language of development in Mandarin classes
Uygurs learn language of development in Mandarin classes
09:42, July 04, 2010 
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By Xinhua Writers Li Huizi, Ainura, Wang Mian
When Mamtjan Mamut skipped a Mandarin class at middle school, teacher Arizgul slapped his face.
The punishment was harsh and violated the teachers' code of conduct, but her words changed the young Uygur's attitude to Mandarin.
"You will be eliminated by society if you don't learn Mandarin," said Arizgul who believed Mandarin could change the fate of Uygurs, 90 percent of whom lived in southern Xinjiang with many impoverished at the time.
Mamtjan, now an undergraduate English major at Xinjiang Normal University in the regional capital, Urumqi, was told that Mandarin would enable him to "see the outside world."
Arizgul, in her 20s at the time, arrived from neighboring Aksu city, to become the only teacher of Mandarin in a village of 20,000 in Yarkent County, Kashgar Prefecture in southern Xinjiang.
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When Mamtjan Mamut skipped a Mandarin class at middle school, teacher Arizgul slapped his face.
The punishment was harsh and violated the teachers' code of conduct, but her words changed the young Uygur's attitude to Mandarin.
"You will be eliminated by society if you don't learn Mandarin," said Arizgul who believed Mandarin could change the fate of Uygurs, 90 percent of whom lived in southern Xinjiang with many impoverished at the time.
Mamtjan, now an undergraduate English major at Xinjiang Normal University in the regional capital, Urumqi, was told that Mandarin would enable him to "see the outside world."
Arizgul, in her 20s at the time, arrived from neighboring Aksu city, to become the only teacher of Mandarin in a village of 20,000 in Yarkent County, Kashgar Prefecture in southern Xinjiang.
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（Editor：燕勐）
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