China's Scientific Stewardship: Naxi Plant Knowledge Decline
Last Updated on December 30, 2025 A Naxi herb shop owner in the mountains of LiJiang in northwest China warned of the declining plant knowledge related to linguistic erasure. “They all speak mandarin now,” she lamented. China’s university system requires that all students take a nationally coordinated admission exam in Mandarin, the Gaokao test. “No […] Source