Political education in China
Weijun Chen reports for the BBC on a political campaign in a classroom of 8-year-olds in his hometown of Wuhan.There are a couple interesting observations that may apply generally to China's political culture.
Democracy in a Chinese classroom
"Thousands of years of life under a feudal system in China have fostered a culture where official power and authority have seldom been checked.
"Once one has the power, then one has everything, and so the whole nation would like to be government bureaucrats.
"For example, 60% of China's college graduates choose government as their ideal career.
"Chinese government officials are not civil servants in the Western sense, rather they are the people who possess real power.Ch"Against this backdrop, I decided to film a class of eight-year-old schoolchildren in my home city of Wuhan as they went through the process of electing a class monitor.
"It was the first time that the post had not been the gift of the teacher and it was the children's first taste of democracy. It turned out to be a cut-throat competition..."
Labels: China, elections, socialization
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:01 AM
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