Education in the People's Republic of China

had over the people, and after the death of Mao the government was able to make the necessary reforms (Llewellyn & Thompson). Although poverty rates within China are quickly decreasing due to the new government, the immediate impact of the Cultural Revolution left a staggering 88.3% of the Chinese population in poverty, and the reformed China is still politically corrupt due to its communist party focusing more on profits than on the people (Cabestan). Ultimately the Chinese government is still…

In 1998, Disney recreated the Ancient Chinese story of Mulan. While many scenes were accurately portrayed from a historical perspective, there were also a number of inaccuracies. Some of the major points that were wrongly depicted in the movie was when Mulan visited the Emperor in his palace. As the ballad of Hua Mulan clearly states, “The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall.” In the movie, the Emperor sits in the Forbidden City, which was “Built from 1406 to 1420.” ("History of the…

people from accepting Westernization values. Yukichi believes that ridding Japan of the old government is was key step in civilizing Japan, however, other issues arose. Yukichi believes that Japan’s neighboring countries, China and Korea, are holding Japan back from progress. China and Korea refuse progression and are adamant about…

military's atrocities. There was no human rights for Chinese when Japanese government conducted the military to Nanking, China 1937. As the article, the Japanese Army has thrown away a rare opportunity to gain the respect and confidence of the Chinese inhabitants and of foreign opinion there, because Japanese Army destroyed terribly and killed babarously citizens in Nanking, China. For example, in one building in the refugee zone 400 men were seized. They were marched off, tied in batches of…

the people in that area artistically express themselves. This holds true for the artistic products of ancient Japan, specifically from the Kofun period to the end of the Muromachi period, spanning from about 300 to 1600. Japan's interactions with China and Korea, it's neighbors to the west, both directly and indirectly shaped the evolution of its artistic expressions. The exchange of culture, religion, and ideas, as well as sharing of specific forms of…

Canadian passport also benefited them in China: “allows them to live in any Chinese city …without applying for temporary residence permission” (Yu, 2008). Fourth, although, China claims itself to be a socialist nation-state and Canada to be a capitalist one, ironically, Canada has a better social insurance system. Last, Western education is exceedingly expensive, “even for a wealthy family in China”; nonetheless, Canadian education offers “lower education fees”, which is very attractive to them…

Referred to as “hypnopedia,” Huxley addresses the problem of brainwashing, a problem that in today’s world is not in the lure of soma and Obstacle Golf, but in the government, religion, and media that controls the masses. Brainwashing is defined as the action of “making someone adopt radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible pressure”. The term "brainwashing" was coined by Edward Hunter—a CIA operative also working as a journalist. Hunter exposed that the Chinese…

into one. This Chinese influence was prone to show up onto Kanetsu’s art considering he had taken about 30 or so trips to China, as it reads on the information provided on the museum label. Also mentioned is that Kanetsu’s passion for Chinese culture lead him to study China’s iconic…

impossible in Japan. He thought that Japan was stuck in it’s traditional roots. During the time period western countries and the rest of the world were passing Japan by with new innovations and knowledge. The solution he proposed to solve this issue was education on Western society to create a national independence through personal independence for Japan and it’s citizens (Wikipedia). Fukuzawa wanted Japan to be great alongside those countries, so he sought after western knowledge. Fukuzawa…

without taking some sort of military class (Chang1). In addition, after the Japanese destroyed Shanghai, they turned their attention towards Nanking. Japan pulled all advanced military personnel from China to come up with strategic ways to attack Nanking and be successful (David). Previously in the China War, the encouragement of brutality was being taught by providing the soldiers with bayonets to use on wounded soldiers and to kill people who are asking for help. This taught them violence…