25 Jan, 2007 in Asian Studies, China by Fili An

China’s academic education problem and related social concerns

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The essay is about a subject discussed in the “Modern Society in Urban China” course: class subject - “Market economy – the poor, the rich and what’s in between; widening the class gap and the growing middle class in China”.
Xinhua - China’s university tuition 25 times higher than in 1989
www.chinaview.cn 2007-01-12 15:11:20
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/12/content_5598419.htm

BEIJING, Jan. [...]

8 Jan, 2007 in Asia, Asian Studies by Fili An

Communism, Democracy and the question of what’s right for Asia

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In almost all of my class discussions there is a general assumption that Democracy is what’s good for China. Especially when it comes to discussing urban China and the modern changes in society the question of whether this is good for bringing democracy to China always comes up, usually accompanied with the hope that China [...]