The Chinese Culture had always baffled me… arguably there are many less desirable traits from the largest country in the world. However, the drive of the Chinese people to survive and thrive during the most difficult of times can not be understated.
The article below lead me to thinking... We had always been told of the glory and benefits of democracy versus communism. We had it enshrined in our own laws the system of meritocracy and value of hard work, yet is it really working for us?
Are people in this country valued for the quality of work they do or just the right connections they have?
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: December 4, 2007
Let’s say you were born in China. You’re an only child. You have two parents and four grandparents doting on you. Sometimes they even call you a spoiled little emperor.
They instill in you the legacy of Confucianism, especially the values of hierarchy and hard work. They send you off to school. You learn that it takes phenomenal feats of memorization to learn the Chinese characters. You become shaped by China’s intense human capital policies.
You quickly understand what a visitor understands after dozens of conversations: that today’s China is a society obsessed with talent, and that the Chinese ruling elite recruits talent the way the N.B.A. does — rigorously, ruthless, in a completely elitist manner.
As you rise in school, you see that to get into an elite university, you need to ace the exams given at the end of your senior year. Chinese students have been taking exams like this for more than 1,000 years.
The exams don’t reward all mental skills. They reward the ability to work hard and memorize things. Your adolescence is oriented around those exams — the cram seminars, the hours of preparation.
Roughly nine million students take the tests each year. The top 1 percent will go to the elite universities. Some of the others will go to second-tier schools, at best. These unfortunates will find that, while their career prospects aren’t permanently foreclosed, the odds of great success are diminished. Suicide rates at these schools are high, as students come to feel they have failed their parents.
But you succeed. You ace the exams and get into Peking University. You treat your professors like gods and know that if you earn good grades you can join the Communist Party. Westerners think the Communist Party still has something to do with political ideology. You know there is no political philosophy in China except prosperity. The Communist Party is basically a gigantic Skull and Bones. It is one of the social networks its members use to build wealth together.
You are truly a golden child, because you succeed in university as well. You have a number of opportunities. You could get a job at an American multinational, learn capitalist skills and then come back and become an entrepreneur. But you decide to enter government service, which is less risky and gives you chances to get rich (under the table) and serve the nation.
In one sense, your choice doesn’t matter. Whether you are in business or government, you will be members of the same corpocracy. In the West, there are tensions between government and business elites. In China, these elites are part of the same social web, cooperating for mutual enrichment.
Your life is governed by the rules of the corpocracy. Teamwork is highly valued. There are no real ideological rivalries, but different social networks compete for power and wealth. And the system does reward talent. The wonderfully named Organization Department selects people who have proven their administrative competence. You work hard. You help administer provinces. You serve as an executive at state-owned enterprises in steel and communications. You rise quickly.
When you talk to Americans, you find that they have all these weird notions about Chinese communism. You try to tell them that China isn’t a communist country anymore. It’s got a different system: meritocratic paternalism. You joke: Imagine the Ivy League taking over the shell of the Communist Party and deciding not to change the name. Imagine the Harvard Alumni Association with an army.
This is a government of talents, you tell your American friends. It rules society the way a wise father rules the family. There is some consultation with citizens, but mostly members of the guardian class decide for themselves what will serve the greater good.
The meritocratic corpocracy absorbs rival power bases. Once it seemed that economic growth would create an independent middle class, but now it is clear that the affluent parts of society have been assimilated into the state/enterprise establishment. Once there were students lobbying for democracy, but now they are content with economic freedom and opportunity.
The corpocracy doesn’t stand still. Its members are quick to admit China’s weaknesses and quick to embrace modernizing reforms (so long as the reforms never challenge the political order).
Most of all, you believe, educated paternalism has delivered the goods. China is booming. Hundreds of millions rise out of poverty. There are malls in Shanghai richer than any American counterpart. Office towers shoot up, and the Audis clog the roads.
You feel pride in what the corpocracy has achieved and now expect it to lead China’s next stage of modernization — the transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. But in the back of your mind you wonder: Perhaps it’s simply impossible for a top-down memorization-based elite to organize a flexible, innovative information economy, no matter how brilliant its members are.
That’s a thought you don’t like to dwell on in the middle of the night.
34 comments:
..anu ba??regarding on the question, "Are people in this country valued for the quality of work they do or just the right connections they have?"..all i can say is that some people do value the quality of work and some are using their connections..but i can say that most of the time connections are usd..i don't know if others can see it..or it just that i'm hallucinating..like in some simple instances,,your applying for a job and you have a connection on that company..for instance, your the niece of the one of the supervisors of that company, you wanted a job, instead of applying normally you will use your connection to get the job..and there is a simple human who is hardworking and talented who is also applying for the same job..of course the one who happened to be a niece of a supervisor will be accepted for that job rather than a other who is hardworking and suitable for it but had no connection...gets??
nagets mo sir??ako hindi po eh..aun..ayako na..dumudugo na ilong ko..
sige po..=)
jheng: gets ko! pero alam ko na you can do better than that!!! d blog post had touched on more topics than just mere used of connections.. it would be nice for you to try again.
The thought that I don’t like to dwell in the middle of the night is the fact that Chinese business man is running our country not us, Filipinos. It is noticeable that the most prominent personalities here in the Philippines are Chinese people. They are the rich one; they know strategies and techniques that Filipinos forgot to think about. It’s like they power-play us economically. Maybe that’s the main reason why Chinese kidnapping in the administration of Erap was notorious.
The thing that I like about Chinese is not their loyalty to stick to their tradition and culture, but the way they are being thought ideally. It is in their attitude that they will strive hard to achieve their goals, never say die and so forth.
Whatever government they were trying to imposed, they will be fine because they were brought up by their parents to be great. They were breed-up as a nice person where everybody looks up to them. Education for them is really important so let it be…
Actually, Chinese aren’t “kuripot”, they are just wise. They know when, where and how they would spent their money and time wisely (efficiently and effectively). They know how to respect. In economics, I remember some one telling me that, “The reason why the economy of China is blooming is that they have mass production of goods and people support their products.
Well.. Nakakabilib talaga sila.. Maunlad sila.. Masipag sila.. Matiyaga silang mga Tsino.. But it doesn't mean na hahayaan na lang natin na iadopt ng iadopt yung culture nila.. Katulad na lang ng mga feng shui na yan at swerte swerteng mga gamit.. We have our own skills and capacity para umunlad o mas maging maunlad pa sa kanila.. Kaso nga lang, dahil sa mas nakikita natin yung pagkakaiba ng estado ng buhay nila kaysa sa atin.. Nawawalan na lang tayo ng paniniwala sa sarili nating kakayahan at umaasa na lang sa mga payo nila na naaayon sa paniniwala ng kanilang kultura na hindi naman dapat..
Ay basta aun.. haha.. labo po talaga ng post ko.. sorry po..
TRIZZIA MAY V. PARIL
BSIT2-4D
hm,,wat can i say?
for me,the best part of the new post is "The exams don’t reward all mental skills. They reward the ability to work hard and memorize things." hehehe... i like that line because it's really true..Exams were given not only to found out what we learned but also for us to see the fruit of our hardwork...of course,if the result of our exams are high,we're happy to see it because we may say that we not only learn things about that subject but also we learn the value of hardwork... and it is also one of the attitude of the chinese people that we should adopt. being hardworking people will not only lead us to success but also it will teach us how to pursue more of what we want...
hm,,wat can i say?
for me,the best part of the new post is "The exams don’t reward all mental skills. They reward the ability to work hard and memorize things." hehehe... i like that line because it's really true..Exams were given not only to found out what we learned but also for us to see the fruit of our hardwork...of course,if the result of our exams are high,we're happy to see it because we may say that we not only learn things about that subject but also we learn the value of hardwork... and it is also one of the attitude of the chinese people that we should adopt. being hardworking people will not only lead us to success but also it will teach us how to pursue more of what we want...
Chinese people are really focused and determined on the things they would like to do. They really are the people who succeed more in their respective work for they do their very best just make the impossible happen..
Hindi na ko nagtataka kung bakit maraming Chinese ang may magagandang buhay o masasabing nasa mataas na antas dahil na rin yan sa kasipagan nila at sa pagiging disiplinado, isa ito sa magandang katangiang meron sila. Mahalaga sa mga Chinese ang education, dahil na rin isa ito sa talagang makakatulong sa kanila para maging matagumpay sa buhay. Kaya ganon nlang sila kaseryoso sa pag-aaral. Pero marami pa ring tao ang hindi sila naiintindihan dahil na rin sa magakakaiba talaga tayo ng kultura at ng kinagisnan.
Bilang isang Pilipino masasabi ko na, kaya rin nating gawin kung anong kayang gawin ng mga tsino, marahil mas higit pa. Kailangan lang nating malaman kung ano ang tama at dapat natin gawin.
-Jhoanna Marie Dapat
BSIT 2-4d
after reading the article,
and despite the fact that these chinese people are making lots of money, still, i would choose being a filipino.
i believe that every filipino students have different abilities and talents that the country should be proud of.
being successful is not only based in the academics but also in experiences and hardwork.
the success of a person should not only standing firm in a single face but rather in many parts.
(anu daw?)
Trully, nothing in this world is perfect, each and everyone of us possess both strengths and weaknesses that vastly makes us realize that we were created imperfect, for us to to be dependent and continuously strive to be better in order to fill out the holes and deficiencies that we do have.
The samegoes for the systems of government every country exercises, it has its own pro's and con's. But at the end of the day, what these pro's and con's of every political system teaches its people is that,they need to learn how to be resourceful and creative in order to utilize and take advantage of whatever strenths this particular political system has, for it to work on the country's side and become beneficial to the mass in order to achieve success in their respective goals. We can't deny the fact that those strength's wouls always be accompanied by some weakness but, they definitely can be avoided or worked-out for to solve by thinking analytically and critically for possible solutions.
From reading the article, I relly admired the way China's system values, develops and handles its people from the start of the students study until they eventually reach professionalism at their careers wherein those who will work hard and has a natural knack at such thing will be rewarded and pu to work at something special. Well, for a system, its not bad, and I agree on the way they choose and prioritize people, because for me its logically fair. Although China's system has some dreadful weaknessess on th way they choose and train people, and the way their economy and government runs. What's good about them is that they are open for any momentuous change and transition, that they always put to the hands of their people.
I think what we fail to see is that, the political system alone is something that we shouldn't blame on whether if it doesen't work for us, or if it doesen't fit to us, because clearly, its just a system, a way. But the question is, who works on that particular system? ites the people, and those people who are running that particular system, if the people won't styrive to enrich and work hard to develop and improve the people and the country, well, nonetheless, they would fail and this could result to the enormous intensifying of weakness that the system already has. Its just basically depends on hoe the government will devote itself in valuing its people.
Ian Erwin D. Servañez
BSIT 2-4
Dictatorship of talent lead to a simple implication, that strong belief, culture and tradition of talents can somehow give and offer a great success at the end. Well, we people are born to have its own skills and talents, but as we grow up, these talents are being developed and enhanced while at the same time we are also learning a new one, because of what we saw as we grow older, because of some influences on our surrounding and even just because of some insisting factors around us. Talents could be anywhere and it could be a helpful one if we know how to practice it well and manage it correctly.
We are all different and this talents and skills makes us more unique and useful. The strong talents, either knowledge or skills are our major key towards what we are aiming for. But as what the article said, even though sometimes it seems like you have all the blessings in life, still talents can not always be the reason to change one's function(economy). Well, at least you contribute some appropriate and useful acts to somehow "change" or build a certain system. Well, yeah maybe sometimes people do not really valued the quantity of work they do, but what important is, they do something for the
sake of others and not just for themselves.
And because of the overwhelming talents that we are blessed for, either its a real blessing or just been dictated to us, what important most is we need to use these talents to build our economy and improve our lives, to share and influence this talents to promote a faster change in one's life, and to at least attained a success that we've always wanted.
Chinne Marris Soreño
BSIT 2-4D
Dictatorship of talent lead to a simple implication, that strong belief, culture and tradition of talents can somehow give and offer a great success at the end. Well, we people are born to have its own skills and talents, but as we grow up, these talents are being developed and enhanced while at the same time we are also learning a new one, because of what we saw as we grow older, because of some influences on our surrounding and even just because of some insisting factors around us. Talents could be anywhere and it could be a helpful one if we know how to practice it well and manage it correctly.
We are all different and this talents and skills makes us more unique and useful. The strong talents, either knowledge or skills are our major key towards what we are aiming for. But as what the article said, even though sometimes it seems like you have all the blessings in life, still talents can not always be the reason to change one's function(economy). Well, at least you contribute some appropriate and useful acts to somehow "change" or build a certain system. Well, yeah maybe sometimes people do not really valued the quantity of work they do, but what important is, they do something for the
sake of others and not just for themselves.
And because of the overwhelming talents that we are blessed for, either its a real blessing or just been dictated to us, what important most is we need to use these talents to build our economy and improve our lives, to share and influence this talents to promote a faster change in one's life, and to at least attained a success that we've always wanted.
Chinne Marris Soreño
BSIT 2-4D
Tunay nga pong masisipag ang mga intsik at madiskarte po cla pgdating s negosyo at sa buhay nila kaya hindi po nakakapagtaka na karamihan sa kanila ay maunlad tlaga sa buhay. May napanood po akong isang interview sa mga filipino-chinese at tlga nman pong khangahanga ang galing nila pagdating sa diskarte sa buhay. Bata pa lang daw po sila ay sinasanay na sila ng kanilang mga magulang sa mundo ng pagnenegosyo. Pinag-aaral po sila sa magagandang school at universities para po sa kanilang kinabukasan at para na rin po maging tagapagmana ng negosyo ng
kanilang mga magulang. Maraming po silang magagandang katangian at para po sa akin ay nararapat po lamang natin itong gayahin at yung mga hindi nman po nilang magagandang kultura ay kalimutan na lamang natin..
----->Lesly Monica E. Cruz
BSIT 2-4D
i can say na magaling talaga ang mga chinese sa maraming field... in business, sports, and etc... bakit kaya??? maybe because sa mga characteristics nila na pagiging matiyaga and determinado na umunlad... yun bang hindi sila yung tipong kontento na agad sa meron sila... hindi naman sa sinasabi kong maluho sila diba pero ang ibig ko lang sabihin is gusto nila na mapaunlad pa yung kung ano yung meron na sila... kaya pansinin nyo yung mga chinese dito sa pilipinas, diba halos lahat sila is maunlad at may magandang kabuhayan??? ahmm... for us filipinos, pwede din naman tayong maging ganun eh kung hindi tayo matatakot magtry ng mga bago... hindi naman kelangan gayahin pa yung mga chinese na as in totally gaya na... ahmm... pwede na siguro yung gawin natin silang idol or inspiration na lang ng mgagandang characteristics nila and wag na isali yung mga pangit... bow!!!
=^,^=
-Feliz Angelynne Mangahas
BSIT2-4D
,,,chenen..here's my comment goes again..gud pm!!!;D
'bout chinese, yup we cn't deny the fact that inspite of being known them of largest population, still it doesn't become a hindrance for them to achieved where they r now,,, hahaha sana ganun din s PIlipinas...sana hindi rin mging balakid or pabigat or what so ever ang mabilis na pglobo ng ating populasyon, instead sana tulad din nila makuha rin sana ntin ung strategy pra magamit ang ating manpower. Syang nmn kasi, di n nga nakakatulong, pasaway p!
Yup! it's not right to emitate things but we, as a Filipino are known of being great emitator, pwo much better kung yung iemitate nten are the gud things...aun' un eh..
And i just want to react about the suicide rate factor...hmf! wala lng.. alam qng kahihiyan un pero come to think of it..di p katapusan ng earth if u wasn't able to past it..destined lng tlga saung mangyari yun, di k lang talaga dapat mging isa s communist party, for sure ther's better opportunity for you..
I'm so happy 'coz like us Pilipino, mpgmahal din sla s pmilya, yung family bonds nla..
But as what the wanted post pointing out...hmmmn..as wat i always said...meron mang salik n maaaring makapekto ang uri ng systema ng isng bansa, xempre malking porxnto prin neto ang cooperation ng mamamayan nito at ang mga taong behind it...
well....That's ol po..thank you for giving a time to read my echooz post! jejeje;D
>dea durana
>BSIT 2-4D
uhm...
this one's an intresting piece, the thing is, I felt sad for not everbody was able 2 convey the message of this post.
It seems that many took points on the first part of the text. I really like the way the author ended it. It is mean in some ways, and i dunno if I'm right on my comprehension, but I thought i got it.
Lastly, just want to ask if do we really have to put our comments in English language? ,coz i noticed some who have theirs in sort of TagLish and Tagalog versions.. Another is, do our comment requires formaLity in the usage of language? ,MINSAN XE PARANG NASA KANTO LANG...(lam mu na..)
,thnx..
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Brian Lloyd E. Belen
BPS II-2
Chinese...they have all the gutts to succeed specially in the field of business...maybe because of different and unusual way of living. Moreover, as what I have read, they also have different mindset compared to most population of the world. No wonder why they're having the wealth and power they have today. It takes great perseverance to have it all.
Mary Grace Canlas
BSIT 2-4D
Depende po sa tao un. Other use to depend on their connections because their talent talent is not fitted for the assigned job. The output of this is not good compared to those person who value and love their work.
Dito ata sa Pilipinas eh talamak ang ganyang pangyayari, kahit hindi iyon ang field of specialization eh tinatanggap kasi may koneksyon (maaaring sa field of business, government, etc..)
Ang mga ganitong bagay eh tradisyon na ata sa ating bansa. Hindi maiiwasan, kasi ung kamag-anak ni mayor, o ung kumpare, kapatid (kahit walang alam sa field na 'yon ok lang). Minsan naman eh malakas daw sa manager at kung anu-ano pa, kaya ang trabaho, usually palpak!!!
Erueen M.Megino
PUP-BSIT 2-4d
the article is very timing huh..
before anything else,
kung hei fat choi!!
chinese have highly patronized culture, values, and attitudes..
communism, is one of these, which really could not be re-attached when talking about china...
communism for me is deceitful,
uthopia just as same as equality..
but these ideas are just abstraction..
according to aristotle, "no ideas come into the mind, without first experiencing it"..
the question is, is this uthopia, communism has of had been experience?
if yes, then what is the worth?
is it acceptable? is it relevant? is it desirable?
all of these questions are surely been answered by the history..
we all know that china did not fully realized communism, looking to their history, they passed through the process of civil war, homelessness, dying etc..
before mao come into power, lots of chinese had died, and suffered.
and what happened, these chinese migrate to other countries, and of course here in our country...
what did they say, "Bless the philippines, for it given them prosperity". look at the most successful entrepreneurs, stakeholders here in our country, aren't they chinese?
yes! china is booming, but look at the reports, suicide is tremendous especially in the youth sector, is it healthy?
are we compromising the lives of these future leaders for the sake of "economic booming".
for me it is necessarry to elevate ourselves and eventually prosper, but it is also much necessarry that we dont take our values for granted. rotten values is as same as being poor..
i really consider this thing, why would i suffer, stress my self for this temporary world, for there is more to ponder of...
definitely that is doing good in the eyes of God.
im sorry i may sound out of the question, but for me that is the basic thing in this world.
Being one of the Filipino people in this world is something to be very proud of. But you can’t deny the fact that there are some characteristics that are truly offending that we mostly have. Chinese people even though have their own wrong attitudes still they their greatest key to success, hard work. We Filipinos should look up to this kind of good trait. Based on the given example, yes! we Filipinos (if we got the job, mostly it’s just because of the connections) should be very shameful that we have this quality of getting things is the easiest way.. Come to think that you got the job with a high position in a well-know company without even knowing what’s the secret to make that company grow? Isn’t it disgraceful that we use are advantage (connection) just to have something we doesn’t know we really deserve. That is why having hard work in things that you do will make you proud, whatever will be the output. Because you exert effort and love what you are doing. Just like earning lots of money, there are corruptions that just take a snap and a little second to have millions of cash from its people. Based on my observation we are madly losing hard work to earn money for our basic needs. People are relying on game shows and hoping to be a millionaire someday. That is why there are so many game shows today that we tele-viewers are so into it, because of the chance they gave to you to have their big prizes. Most Filipinos are fascinated to instant wealth that we used to join sweepstakes and just sit the whole day waiting if they have won the test in their luck. What a disgusting trait we have. We don’t make use of the body and mind given to us to have what we dreamed of. With this distinction about the trait of the Chinese to ours, we Filipinos should accept the truth and change it to be better person. Working won’t kill, sitting and waiting for food is a simple murder to yourself.
joyce m. barrientos
bsit 2-4d
China is a very large country, no wonder that poverty is the primary problem and no wonder the gigantic number of population.
After I read this article, I wasn’t shock about the culture of China especially to people. But I admire their hardworking ability which I want to have for most Filipinos, and memorization. I was amazed to the Chinese young ones on how they memorize the intricate Chinese characters, which is really difficult to understand….Talents, dictating, well is good to hear that they value so much on this but the big question is that…so what they can memorize those things that they have to memorize, do they apply thus on real life? I think they are lacking of experience…it’s like, it’s unbelievable that despite that their really good at memorization and hardworking and they become one of the elite or they become rich, they still can’t govern well or run the system in politics, I think so. It’s still different that you have mental abilities to cope up with the political systems. About the mutual enrichment, they become rich or have a chance to be rich, it is a wise act coz they work as a team and the corpocracy is becoming bigger and bigger. About the corpocracy, I think this will truly help to up rise the poor ones. I still don’t know yet the meaning of meritocratic paternalism ….....hmn
PAUL PAJARES
BSIT 2-4D
Chinese people are somewhat obsessed with talent. Talents to which the word “success” appeared. They take too much importance to their ability to memorize things and work hard. Failure in such things make other feels that they are less important, maybe even worthless so a great number of them (those who fail their parents’ expectations) commit suicide.
Those you succeed in school learn how to earn money, how to gain connections, to compete for power and especially for wealth.
These make Chinese proud of and even think these are enough to surpass China’s weaknesses. China is a successful country, in means of wealth in their country & the less numbers of people who are still in poverty. But regarding to the last question….I think memorization based elite can organize or reform a country or an economy that well…..always true economy’s success will not always be based on a leader’s way of memorizing things.
MISZHA CRUZ
BSIT 2-4D
As i remember the day when i was just a freshmen student who knew nothing but to listen and imagine things that my prof was discussing with I am always be like this.. i am always curious about a lot of differences and abilities of one to another..especially with their principles in life.
I am filipino..we are all filipino despite of the system we are applying now in this country we still here to obey rules not because it is required to do so but simply because we cant scape. But then we still have our principles in life that we made according for us to behold our good fortune some day.. but really sad to say these principles in life vanished gradually for having the word "practicality". practicality that teaches us to reach the dreams that we are aiming for from the days that we started thinking a lot of developments that we want in life. I am not saying this because we are not developed as China but the simple reason is because we're badly needed to be like them..to have connections in companies,Universities, corporation and etc. where we want to find ourselves someday,for us to recognize as one of a well educated,prominent and elite.. But still I see a lot of situation Filipinos are still holding their principles in life instead of asking someone for thier sake..we are filipino and we do not have to be practical always,we have to believe of what potential and abilities we have as human..Because it is better to die with these principles rather than to live without something to be proud of. We dont need to level ourself with those Chinese who are selling their potentials than to us who are willing to wait and let the others appreciate the abi;ities that we has. Coz Filipinos are always weighing the quality of their hardworks not because they have connections..
As i remember the day when i was just a freshmen student who knew nothing but to listen and imagine things that my prof was discussing with I am always be like this.. i am always curious about a lot of differences and abilities of one to another..especially with their principles in life.
I am filipino..we are all filipino despite of the system we are applying now in this country we still here to obey rules not because it is required to do so but simply because we cant scape. But then we still have our principles in life that we made according for us to behold our good fortune some day.. but really sad to say these principles in life vanished gradually for having the word "practicality". practicality that teaches us to reach the dreams that we are aiming for from the days that we started thinking a lot of developments that we want in life. I am not saying this because we are not developed as China but the simple reason is because we're badly needed to be like them..to have connections in companies,Universities, corporation and etc. where we want to find ourselves someday,for us to recognize as one of a well educated,prominent and elite.. But still I see a lot of situation Filipinos are still holding their principles in life instead of asking someone for thier sake..we are filipino and we do not have to be practical always,we have to believe of what potential and abilities we have as human..Because it is better to die with these principles rather than to live without something to be proud of. We dont need to level ourself with those Chinese who are selling their potentials than to us who are willing to wait and let the others appreciate the abi;ities that we has. Coz Filipinos are always weighing the quality of their hardworks not because they have connections..
"there is a government, when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister, when the father is the father, and the son is son" (Analects, XII, 11)
One of the teaching of Confucius that until now adopting by its government. in this concept you can see that there is a submission of faith of the people to the government.
i can say that, faith, loyalty and obideince are so essential for the china to actualy manage its people.
having this huge population is hard for the government to mentain its stability but because of thisa essentials they are still in power.
to survie the transition from a closed economy going to its openess
is so hard for a country but if we look at the china and how it actually transited from the left side to the right side they easily surpassed all the concequences. unlike those other state that undergone in many war before they become stable.
meritocracy is a counter part of our civil service exam. but our's, meritocrasy is much complicated and strict, in the sense that it is not only for you to be a government officer but it will also bring wealth and honor to your family when you passed.
i can that it6s tradition and culture is not only brought them a background of thier rich and colorful history and society but of course, gave them teaching that
brought thyem stability and prosperity.
if i will compare our country to china i can say that our's is a child while china is already gain adulthood.
by the way and any way to all my chinese friends:
"Kiong Hee Wat Chai"
"Wish tou a prosperous year"
Jess Alvin A. Espinosa
BPS II-2
sir psencia na sa ilang misspelled words. kakagising ko lang po kasi eh.....
Jess Alvin Espinosa
BPS II-2
well,for me,.before talent,,there is discipline..
with discipline,.other aspects automatically evolves and soon develops..
isnt it ironic that philippines,despite being a small country and having a smaller population as compared to china, can't exercise discipline..
y cant we b dem?
maybe because filipinos are filipinos..
we dont need to be like what china does in order to achieve success.
i know that we can and we will achieve success in our own simple ways.
the thing that makes china ahead is the foundation that they provide to their youth..specifically about their education.
well as for me,,one's ability can't be seen thru #'s..its not about the grades..coz there are lots of factors that influences that..
basta sakin..discipline dapat..
"Arrest the ones who wrote this s*&t!!"
-Every Student who was able to go attend the bes school and get the best job because of our "Padrino System"
when they argue with the chinese that communism did not work, unless in a perfect sense of the word, the chinese merely changed their idea... i think china today is great people do not work for the state but work for themselves so that the state would recognize them.. this kind of ideas, i believe, would be perfect in our country.. just imagine how many soon-to-be students because of their "backers" would not be able to enter our university... all those funds that would be used for them would instead be diverted to those who earned them.... cool!!!
one last thing... when the author mentioned the words "skull and bones" is he referring to the infamous brotherhood of death a.k.a the skulls?
If we will look into reality, we will see that the Philippines multi milionaires are, unfortunately, Chinese. From Lucio Tan, to Gokongwei..
My brother is now working at ACCenture.. connection? wala lang! jowk.. As i said earlier, my brother is working at accenture.. He had applied for different companies, took exams there, had his interviews and turned down different companies.. relation? my brother has no connection in these companies, yet he made it. I learned from my brother that nepotism is starting to disappear in our society. He said that companies liked PUPians. Why? Because hey know that we are hardworking, that we are patient, and we also have skills. That's what he said. That's what I have in mind as I was reading the post and honestly, I really think that skills and hard work is what we really need nowadays.
Cheryl Maine Datingaling
BPS 2-2
Honestly, I don't get the thought.. It is like another story os progressing country, i think. Siguro the man in the post really exists, it happened.. The line "Let's say you were born in China" is a good starting line. I cannot say if democracy is really to good than communism. they are different. China is a different country, iba ang pamumuhay, even though enumerated ang buhay ng isang successful chinese simula bata hanggang sa trabaho, sang-ayon ako sa isinaad na line sa huli, "Perhaps it's simply impossible for a top-down memorization-based elite to organize a flexible, innovative information economy, no matter how brilliant its members are.".. China is striving but still, matagal na panahon pa rin para mabawi ang mga nawala. Yun lang Sir at Maraming salamat..
Mart Ellis Cueto
BSIT 2-4D
021508
sir!!! chuwee for late comment...
Besides admiring these Chinese having a calculator-programmed brain (and sometimes envy them for having it), I also have a high regard for their character of industry and value for teamwork, hard work, and perfection. In spite of their huge population, they are beginning to emerge as one nation, quickly and strongly.
I also got to admire their value for talent and how they passionately perfect this and see this as their weapon to be the best and deserving person that they could be. Their talent will be the source for them to have wealth and power. It is a key for them to excel, be recognized, and enter the world of the few: the world of the elites, the communist party, where the government and the business sector speak the same language.
It is good to know that Chinese work hand in hand to make success in their land. However, the only disappointing thing is that only the best could rule, both in government and in business; the best having a single aim of success, but are divided and compete for this aim. And the others being ruled do not complain anymore on how they are being ruled, as long as they are rising from poverty and are starting to top the world.
However, applying this to the Philippines, it is alarming to know that most Filipinos are already adopting the bad side of valuing their talents. We are looking as a basis of inspiration the lives of these big Chinese businessmen ruling the business sector, and yet we are not realizing that we just kept on welcoming them and depending on them for works and even for survival through their commerce here. But the worst of all, they are passing to us the ways on how to place power and wealth in the hands of the few. The fruit of their lessons are already being witnessed by the Filipinos right now. The sad reality in our country is that the few are already greedily ruling, and yet the people are not even reacting.
And I did agree on what Mr. Brooks have stated, that the Chinese way to success is programmed by a few and followed by many; and it seems that there is no more room for flexibility and innovation.
Joan Michelle B. Mapanao
BPS 2nd yr.-Irregular (BPS 2-2)
great thing huh..
chinese really need that top 1% thing huh...
well it dont seem very spectacular...
i mean that thing makes them really worst because they have so much to study and then they wouldnt deserve that because of the elitist..
im not really in communism beacause the people would not get the best thing from what they made.. but i think hard work is a key on their success... and i really hate that "connection" thing..
even in PUP.. i have some friends that is studying in the precious university because of that "connections" thing.., and other people who needed most of this education is the one who really suffers... WORST thing huh...
chinese. china. malakeng bansa. madameng tao. madameng negosyo. komunismo.
malake ang impluwensya ng mga intsik satin. kasi simula pa lang e nakikipag-palitan na tayo ng mga produkto sa mga intsik. ganon sila kasipag. pupunta pa sila dito sa bansa natin para lang makabenta ng kanilang mga produkto.
bilid ako sa mga chinese. kasi, unang-una. halos lahat ng bansa sa buong mundo ay may china town. halos lahat ng mga produkto sa buong mundo ay made in china. pinauso nila sa bansa natin ang siomai, siopao, mami, pansit, lechon, hopya, at CHOWKING! chinese din ang nagpapatakbo ng malalaking kompanya sa Pilipinas. at chinese din ang isa sa pinaka-malaking player sa NBA - si Yao Ming.
matiyaga ang mga chinese kasi madameng chinese sa divisoria at tutuban. tapos, halos lahat ng tindahan dun e chinese ang may ari.
singkit man ang instik, malake naman ang kita. kaya kung mag-aasawa.. humanap ng instik. haha
Renz Jerome Villanueva
BSIT 2-4
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chinese ang may pinaka-madaming race sa buong mundo. at isa sila sa mga successful na mga tao ngayon. bilib ako sa kanila dahil masisipag sila magtrabaho at ma-diskarte sa mga bagay. magaling din sila humawak ng pera para magamit sa mahahalagang bagay o kaya mas pinapalago pa nila ito halimbawa na lang sa pagtatayo ng negosyo.
madameng chinese ngayon sa bansa natin, pero madali nila na-adopt yung culture natin kaya mas dumadami pa sila ngayon. alam nila na mabenta ang produkto nila dito kaya dito sila nags-stay.
ang nakakatakot lang, baka sa mga darating na panahon ay mas madami na ang polulasyon ng mga chinese kesa sa pinoys.
nyaw! made in china!
RACHEL M. TIU
BSIT 2-4
According to Albert Einstein there are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Same is true with regard to how people and institutions work. Ideally speaking, hardwork should be rewarded. These things are often seen in the corporate world. But another thing that should be included in this analysis is when efficiency comes in. Sometimes we work hard on the wrong things and thus make our work useless. For people who thinks that nothing is a miracle and success is achieved by sheer will and determination, hardwork and efficiency are essential components in the workplace. On the other hand, for people who lives as though everything in life is a miracle(and I mean, a miracle done by a relative or a friend in position)everything will be centered on connection.
In conclusion, the merit and demerit system or meritocracy is something that gives people a set of standards by which to live their lives. Whether by pursuing to be the best academically or making the corporate world an arena for familial dynasty are just the effects of such a system.
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