Champions of Western superiority see less blind support By Gao Lei Despite the fact that China has developed by leaps and bounds over the last three decades, there remains a persistent voice which claims the West, particu¬larly the US, is better than China in almost every aspect. However, along with China's rise, more people are traveling abroad and seeing the West by themselves. Voic¬es that praise the West and degrade China have increasingly become the laughingstock of society. One cyber opinion leader recently posted a story online in which a Chinese boy in a US classroom tells his teacher that water boils at 100 degrees Cel¬sius, emphasizing that this is the standard answer. After the class is made to boil water them¬selves, proving that variations in boiling tempera¬ture can occur due to different factors, the boy com¬plains that schools in the US do not ask students to trust their textbooks or believe in standard answers. The reader is supposed to con¬clude that the US education system is better because it promotes hands-on learning. Perhaps the greatest flaw of this simple-minded story is that if the Chinese boy is a victim of textbook-orientated education, he should know that water's boiling point depends on various factors and even be able to list these factors and their effects like an encyclopedia. In fact, only if he fails textbook learn¬ing will he believe that 100 degrees Celsius is the standard answer. Yet some people, mostly other cyber opinion leaders, fell for it. They joined the original poster's attack on China's education, even saying this is why they should send kids overseas for education. Most ordinary netizens laughed at these opinion leaders' ignorance, not only because they failed to spot the obvi¬ous logical flaw in the story, but also because in most parts of the US, textbook-based education is standard. As society becomes more in¬formed about the outside world, it is becoming harder to get away with such sweeping statements. Last year, a famous Chinese TV host said in an interview that China's telecommunication fees were too high, claiming that in the US $9.99 can buy you unlimited calling for a whole year. This comment instantly drew criticisms from the general public and experts alike. One expert on the US telecommunication industry labeled this comment ridiculous, saying that although fees in China are higher, this example is ungrounded. That TV host eventual¬ly apologized on his Weibo account, saying that it was a slip of tongue. Clearly, most voices that praise the US but discredit China are either misinformed or playing up old stereotypes. While the self-contained nature of China's past makes such comparisons to the West somewhat appealing, today's society knows better. People have gradually come to realize that the West, particularly the US, is far from perfect and faces many of the same big problems found in China. With this balanced understand¬ing, rationality, long lost in China's society due to rounds of ideology changes, has started to take root again. To¬day, people no longer blindly give themselves over to a belief the way they did in the past when a few opinion leaders' propaganda could decide the tune of the country. As China now moves into a tougher phase of its reform, this rationality will become increasingly vital to the nation's future success. An eye-opener for khate NRNs who were unsuccessful in selling their $500million investment-for-dual citizenship crap
Citizen of Nepal · Apr 2, 2012 10:07 AM · 18,936 views
Kasari NRNs khate bhaye timro yo idiotic argument le! Som Nepal bata bahir jan nasaker pidit bhayeko jasto cha ni:)
Vustigre · Apr 2, 2012 2:59 PM
Replying to this thread is giving air to fire. Just don't reply to these idiotic posts, case closed.
Kiddo · Apr 2, 2012 3:40 PM
Exactly Kiddo.....just let this thread die. Don't entertain a troll.
rahashya · Apr 2, 2012 3:44 PM
This big headed douchebag needs to stop borrowing computer from his trailer trash owner and start breathing fresh air.
giordano · Apr 2, 2012 4:10 PM
tehita yo!! citizen whats your point??
nayapidi · Apr 2, 2012 5:29 PM
What is your point dude? China is better than US? So what? We have reached us and we know we got better opportunities than Nepal. We know we make better money, get better facilities and I'm sure we definately have better life than you. Stop stereotyping, calling names and don't try to a douche bag. You seem to educated being able to read and write. Try to rationalize and think through.
Oh_Gaathe · Apr 3, 2012 9:42 AM
And just like these, the dumbos have resurrected this thread. Way to go, making this the highlight thread. Don't you know what trolling is? They feed on your reaction, your response. There is no way you can argue with their logic as they don't have one; best way was to just ignore this thread. Thanks for keeping it alive. Now you might say, I responded to it too; I only did it when there was a response and the thread was already at the top of the front page.
Kiddo · Apr 3, 2012 10:12 AM
My response was to that dumbf**K citizen and nobody else if you are getting me wrong.
giordano · Apr 3, 2012 4:54 PM
NRN are mercenaris nepalis who have sold themsleves for foreign passport and foriegn citizenship. what can be more insulting to nepalese than this. good artciles posted....
NepalBitich · Apr 3, 2012 5:15 PM
Urko aayo visa nalaklgeko pidit, visa lage kaam garna nasakeko loser, oyi bandar haru either build your own house if you can't let someone else build their own, jealousy is popping out my friends.
anon · Apr 3, 2012 5:45 PM
NRN are the TRAITORS OF NEPAL. I KNOW WHEN NEPAL BECOMES GOOD ONE DAY ALL THESE NRN WILL BE DESPERATE TO RETURN HOME. NEPAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM SHOULD CHARGE HIGH TAX AND OTHER COSTS TO ANY NRN WISHING TO VISIT NEPAL. HOW CAN THEY BE TRUSTED? WHO KNOWS THEY ARE COULD BE INDIAN RAW AGENT.
NepalBitich · Apr 3, 2012 7:48 PM
Very interesting point nepalibiatch... Keep it coming... Now give me at least five more reason why nrn are bad so that i can assure myself.
goddamn · Apr 3, 2012 7:59 PM
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