A SURVEY ON CULTURAL IDENTITY OF ETHNIC GROUP OF YUNNANESE CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHIANGRAI’S SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
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The paper aims to study and analyze the current situation and developing trend of cultural identity of the ethnic group of Yunnanese Chinese middle school students in Chiangrai’s special economic zone, and performs a case study pertaining to the cultural identity of overseas Chinese. At the same time, it provides a reference for the government to formulate relevant national cultural policies and promote
the stable development of this ethnic group. We conducted a questionnaire survey which includes more than 200 students from four Yunnanese Chinese middle schools in the special economic zone. The results show that the respondents have formed a political identity with the host country, while they have not yet highly adapted themselves to the mainstream society in which Thailand’s diverse ethnic groups are integrated in terms of social relations situation, and they have relatively high level of identity with Chinese customs and culture. They are followers of Thai Buddhism in terms of religious beliefs and retain the religious beliefs of Buddhism and Taoism of the Chinese nation. They still have a high level of identity with the Chinese language, as they are quite willing to learn Chinese. This suggests that they still have a strong sense of identity with the Chinese culture and deem themselves as Chinese. In general, the students from Yunnanese Chinese middle schools in Chiangrai’s special economic zone have a relatively strong sense of identity with Chinese culture. At the same time, the ethnic cultural identity of the respondents have characteristics of duality and diversification, and will continue to coexist with the identity of the host country and culture, and is closely related to the development of Chinese education in the local area.
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