What China Reveres Today? Part II

Most mainland Chinese simply do not have access to alternative views. I also don't agree that people who are not used to critical views are able to discern propaganda when they see it especially one that is disseminated through soft culture means such as film.

Talking about the literature in china, there are not too many that accentuate modern values. Bao Ching Tian is a story of a justice and not a justice system. Shi Ji is critical but successive generations of historian failed to live up to it. This is evident with the successive 24/25 official chronicle of dynastic history.

Analect is not taught in school any longer. Further, Analect promotes benovalent governance (ren) and not democracy; Analect teaches obligation (忠孝) and not rights and not interest; Analect focuses on code of conduct (li) and not system.

The various wu xia novels amplifies wu and xia behaviours which are today conducts mainly outside the legal bound. The concept of yi promoted in these novels could be easily manipulated to downplay the neccessity to observe law and regulation.

The worst is that there are too many of writers in the mainland who were doctrinated by an education that is neither inclusive nor objective. Even if they are not doctrinated they are influenced subconsciously from the communist perspective of things.

The few critical writers and reporter are cowed and few got their view aired through media. For instance, the last two books that I spoke about are both banned in China. Even with the almost omnipresent internet is censored in mainland. This is just not good. But this is the status quo!

With that it leaves the majority of 1.3 billion Chinese subservient without critical thinking. This is a vicious cycle with a government sets upon restraining freedom of expression which in turn produces a bunch of uncritical and passive subjects and not a group of citizen seeking to actively advancing rights and interest.

Be fair, even the few of us who are fortunate enough to be informed simply have no guts to compromise our comfort our liberty to fight against a high-handed government intend to perpetuate in power. That's the irony!