BEIJING: China issued its first national action plan to build a "strong education nation" by 2035, which it said would help coordinate its education development, improve efficiencies in innovation and build a "strong country". The plan, issued by the Communist Party's central committee and the State C
    • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      43·
      9 months ago

      On the other hand, I think the rise of fascism in the US is directly connected to its growing anti-intellectualism and cuts to education. Overall it’s a good thing to have an overeducated population.

      • BatrickPateman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        57·
        9 months ago

        Up to a certain point or excluding certain topics I would argue:

        If more and more understand the short comings of any current system due to education I would assume there will a growing demand for change to get rid of the shortcomings. And thinking back of how the Hong Kong Situation was handled it looks more like a top-down “My way or no way!” ruling style I don’t see coping well with well educated citizens wanting change.

        Might be wrong though. Just a thought before my morning coffee.

        • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          I mean, “Let’s not educate people so they’re ignorant to how they’re being exploited, and we don’t want to have to beat them down” is certainly a take. I guess maybe you can see Cypher as the people’s hero if you squint hard enough.

          But in my opinion, the more people who understand the shortcomings of a system, the more pressure there will be to fix it, and that’s how progress happens. It’s slow and sometimes bloody, but the alternative is even worse.

    • Carmakazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      106·
      9 months ago

      The Chinese state seems to frequently chase vacuous milestones to boast to the world about while the actual problems China and its people face go unaddressed. Sure that describes a lot of states, but China in particular stands out to me in how dogged they are to gain face.

      • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
        74·
        9 months ago

        The saving/gaining face is deeply rooted in East Asian societies because they are collectivist societies and has strong roots in Confucianism.

    • Sagittarii@lemm.eeEnglish
      1310·
      9 months ago

      Shitibs really will find a way to portray anything China does as negative huh

        • Sagittarii@lemm.eeEnglish
          86·
          9 months ago

          Cope harder lib. How does it feel crying about other countries’ better education just because you can’t get any?

          Also what does “shitcon” mean? Misspelled something?

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Education isn’t just about job prospects. You need a well educated populace in order to inoculate them from mis- and disinformation. It also further protects democracy, but that isn’t on China’s to-do list, I’m guessing.

  • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
    77·
    9 months ago

    Educated people are hard to control. They don’t want that unless the CCP are gonna hand the state back to the people—they wont.

    See: American education system

      • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        9 months ago

        Or just a heavy focus on technical skills and a carefully controlled narrative on any sort of social studies. Smart people can also fall for propaganda if they are told it’s the truth since childhood