The French claimed that introduction of Modern Education to Vietnamese would create “an Asiatic France tied solidly to European France”. Explain the statement with suitable examples.(explain in 5 marks)
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The French needed to civilize the Vietnamese by forcing the 'modern' European culture on them.
They additionally needed to teach the neighborhood people with the goal that a huge workforce could be made for administrative employments.
They would not like to confer a superior education as they were worried about the possibility that that more education could prompt arousing among the nearby people which could demonstrate unsafe for the pilgrim rulers.
Along these lines, full access to French education was denied to the Vietnamese..
The elites in Vietnam were exceedingly affected by the Chinese culture.
It was important for the French to counter this impact.
They systematically attempted to dismantle the traditional education system.
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