[unapelosina]

I love it. And they complain about Japanese revisionism.

[d1Bc25UP]

The Chinese communist party is one of the worst historical revisionists in the world. This is nothing new.

[24MurinivaMak]

The no longer practice communism except at the collective farms and state owned industries which make up something like 40% of the total Chinese economy. They are trying to slowly get rid of that sector tough since its a big money loser.

The organization is still named the Chinese Communist Party and they still run 100% of Chinese politics even if they no longer act like communists.

[Coellacag]

I learn something new everyday -- China has never fought in any wars, and apparently, China has never had any dynasties.

[CHEAPPoem]

I wonder, which is worse, in your collective opinion, inflating communism's achievements, or staying totally quiet about communism, in general?

[AntonioXYZ]

"The organization is still named the Chinese Communist Party and they still run 100% of Chinese politics even if they no longer act like communists."

Not true. First of all the business is called socialism with chinese characteristics, which means they're all for making money and profit, but they also want to put their stamp of approval.

Second of all, of course they run the politics, the party is quite big. And the party itself has several different schools of thought, some of which are as far from communism as it can get... well not literally but still.

I think it's a better sign. Sure, it's whitewashing, but hey, better to have colorful pictures of economy than black and white pictures of Mao and the need to praise his ass.

[actrisski]

Shanghai = China?

I am not keen on the Chinese reading ability of whoever is the foreign correspondent for NYT, either.

[Freeptube]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Shanghai = China?

I am not keen on the Chinese reading ability of whoever is the foreign correspondent for NYT, either. Well, you're Chinese has been corrected a few times here, so you really shouldn't critcize, especially with nothing to base it on other than you don't like what you see. But it's the next trend in China. You'll like it eventually. You have to, it's China!

[Intiltern]

Why don't they just rename the course social studies?

[RicyReetred]

Originally posted by Mao
Also, I have had some conversations with people about the need to study history anyway. Yeah, most americans don't know what Pearl Harbor was December 7, 1941 and that World War II ended in 1945, but why's it matter? I had a bit of a hard time convincing people that it did... Corrected