Heirs of China's New Elites Schooled in Ancient Values

[Didereaux]

Source: WashPost

CIXI, China -- In a borrowed classroom of the provincial Communist Party School, a newly busy philosophy professor addressed 15 well-groomed adult students. His message: Try to have a soul.

"In China, if you are only rich, people will not respect you. You also need good manners, an outgoing personality and good morals," said Zhang Yinghang of Zhejiang University, a professor increasingly in demand on the lecture circuit. "This is what rich children in China lack." <snip>

Once ridiculed and looked down on, entrepreneurs are now among China's elite. Along the way to wealth, however, many have neglected to show their children what they consider the proper way to behave. Now that they want to make sure their offspring are fit to take charge, courses such as Jiaye Changqing are growing popular.

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Ahhhh, so much for the myth of 'Asian Intelligence' being superior! Schools cannot teach values to children, only parents succeed. We are proof enough of that fact. Just what the world needs, a billion more 'yuppie' brats - offspring of the too-busy-to-tend-the-kid group.

[Turbineguy]

1. That may be

but the Chinese have been "beneficiaries" of Communist Party schooling for several generations now. Philosophy classes give a nice background to values.

[Mythsaje]

2. China has had some great philosophers over the centuries.

If this new generation is being taught in the context of their own history, and, well, in fact, undermining the communist party in the process, it's probably a good thing for both China and the world in general.

And we do have to remember...these are people who have been "schooled" in morals of a kind for several generations now.

[David__77]

4. That's funny.

They will never undermine the Communist Party. They are its beneficiaries.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. "Try to have a soul."

And mind your manners!