Reconciling The Different Faces Of China
June 14th, 2007
While we are in China you will have the opportunity to hob nob and travel with some Chinese students. This blog post may give you some nuggets to discuss with them over a good hot cup of oolong tea.
My question for you to consider is, how do/can you reconcile the two different items I list below?
Item One:
See this excellent blog post with a great YouTube video, Addicted to Mediocrity: Education In China II, by Lonnie Hodge at OMB.
Item Two:
See this excellent recent NY Times article by Nicholas Kristof, called The Educated Giant.
Connecting the Dots:
How do you see two items relating to each other? Do they relate? Are the fundamentally at odds with one another? Can the be reconciled? If so, how? Which facet of this part of China will you be looking for or decide as a reflexive matter to be the “truth” on your trip?
Entry Filed under: Pre-Departure, China, Misc.
2 Comments Add your own
1. lonniebhodge | June 14th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Boy, will your trip ever debunk Kristof. I guess having two Pulitzers gives you the authority to write about things only your research team Googled up…:-)
I will be anxious to hear what you think following your visit…
NEXT WEEK!
2. Chris Carr | June 14th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Hi Lonnie. Thanks for the check in. Yes, I defer to you. You have first hand experience in China with this issue. I have zero with this issue.
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