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 * 1) After 1949, the government imposed Mandarin (Putonghua) as the official language of the whole nation of China . The dominance and influence of Shanghainese began to wane slightly. ...
 * 2) ... The Shanghainese TV series Lao Niang Jiu (Old Uncle) was broadcast from 1995 to 2007  and was popular among Shanghainese residents. While these TV series were broadcast in Shanghai, Shanghainese programming was accused of being regional discriminating.
 * 3) From 1992 onward, Shanghainese use was discouraged or even punished in schools .  Many young parents have become one of the last generations that still speak Shanghainese and their children, even native to Shanghai, can no longer speak Shanghainese anymore .  In addition, ...
 * 4) Shanghainese is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin, Cantonese or any other languages or dialects spoken in China. Modern Shanghainese, however, has been heavily influenced by modern Mandarin and some other Chinese languages, such as Cantonese. This makes the Shanghainese spoken by young people in the city different from that spoken by the older population, sometimes significantly. It also means that inserting other Chinese languages into Shanghainese sentences during everyday conversation is very common, at least amongst young people.
 * 5) Since Shanghainese is part of the larger Wu language group of Chinese languages, Shanghainese can be mutually intelligible to a certain degree with other dialects in Wu Chinese group. Shanghainese is somewhat similar to Ningbo dialect and Suzhou dialect so that people do not need to code-switch to Mandarin when they are in a conversation with each other. However, to a further distance, there are many noticeable differences between Shanghainese and dialects such as Wuxi dialect or Hangzhou dialect. Dialects in Taizhou are more difficult for Shanghainese speakers to understand. Wenzhounese, which is still considered as a member of Wu Chinese, is no longer mutually intelligible with Shanghainese.