Scientists alarmed by low levels of scientific awareness (China)

SCMP ^ | October 24, 2001 | JAMILA ZHOU

[super175]

Believe it or not, this underscores a whole lot of our problems with China.

The answers about economics I would venture to say have an even lower score...

China is operating in its own little world.

[super175]

Many Chinese are prone to have a hook line and sinker acceptance of the Party line.

Many are angry at America only because they are ignorant to what America is all about. That is just the way the CCP likes it.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I'm still trying to figure out how cold, dispassionate, value-free empirical "science" proves dat de oppressed pipples should, de 'ow you say, rise up against deir oppressors and make de, 'ow you say, de rewolution.

Which great scientist "proved" that oppression is "morally wrong?" Was it Galileo, Newton, or Darwin? Or perhaps some chemist somewhere conducted a controlled experiment in a test tube (complete with a test sample) that proves "scientifically" that what the Left is against is "morally wrong." Seeing how the Left bases its entire worldview on hard, unsentimental, objective empirical science.

[Whittlin]

Unfortunately, the survey revealed that only 1.4 per cent of those surveyed could answer more than 20 of the questions. That was 1.2 percentage points higher than the 1996 figure, but well behind the figures for developed countries, the Association says. In the US, the figure was 5 per cent in 1985 and 7 per cent in 1990.

Wow, this whole article was about China, but look at the American scores...not much better. This is sad.

[GunsareOK]

Does anyone have a link to the test questions?

[Wm Bach]

Hey, at least most of them beleive the Earth is more than 6,000 years old, and they have the human artifacts to prove it.

[advocate10]

I wonder how people on the streets of L.A. would fare.

[OK]

If only 10% of Chinese are well educated, that is still 100 million people. Maybe they want the masses to be ignorant, just like the elite in America want the masses to be ignorant sheeple.

[Wm Bach]

http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/1994/4/15-2_3.html

[Aquinasfan]

We believe that the universe was brought into existence by God, who is eternal (outside time), whose essence is being itself, and who sustains the universe in its existence.

We don't believe that the universe caused itself, and therefore preceded itself.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Answers to an economics quiz in any 'capitalist' country would make an intelligent man weep.

[super175]

I have studied China a lot longer than 3 years. Much longer.

China is full of a bunch of juvinile fools. China is prone to instablility and war. China could be at war within 30 minutes. They have missiles pointed all over the place, particularly at Taiwan. Only China would be stupid enough to carry through with starting the next world war.

I am in no way jealous of China's economy. #1 because America BUILT China's economy. Trade never hurt a soul. However China has this juvinile and uneducated picture of the way the world ought to be and are willing to enforce their picture of things with nuclear missiles.

You are still in this ignorant state of thinking. America does not need China. If China cut us off tommorrow in the short term it would cause a headache because we would have to move all our manufacturing to somewhere else. A year or two down the road though there will be little long term economic damage done to the US.

You are vastly overstating what China does and how it works and what value it portrays. True it is somewhat mutually beneficial, but then again if China keeps it up we can find what we need in a partnership somewhere else then China is left out of the loop.

If Chinese people want to do business thats fine, just remember though that there ain't no one who is irreplaceable, and that includes China.

If you think these big corporations are being floated by the Chinese market you have another thing coming. What China offers is very low cost labor to highly labor intensive manufacturing companies. Keep in mind though that there are poor people elsewhere that are just as willing to work.

You are walking around thinking America owes China something or that you guys are way better than you really are. You think the world cannot go on without you.

[hsszionist]

They should survey the American liberals. That would definately make them feel better.