Word: yang
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yang points out such similiarities to American newspapers as the Chinese equivalent to letters to the editor, a page entitled "the readers' letter box." She said that people--both readers and reporters--criticize the government in order to provide help and benefit the people. For example, during a serious vegetable shortage in Shanghai in 1982, reporters wrote articles questioning the government's competence and prompting officials to find out who was responsible for vegetable production...
...behind the differences in newspapers exists a difference in attitiude between the two nations. One characteristic that both Hsiao and Yang find lacking in the Chinese is the American aggressive spirit. Hsiao says, "How can we modernize such a huge country with one billion people? If we want to go forward we must have that kind of spirit." Traditionally, the Chinese wait. He explains that especially in the 1940s aggression was not a very good word in China because the Japanese were aggressive, and that meant...
However, Americans can also learn from the patterns of Chinese relationships between people, Yang says, "In China, we're not so selfish as in America, we can take care of our neighbors, do housework for them..." Although Chinese are not as open as the Americans, "we Chinese are shy," Yang chuckles, but "our heart is very sincere...
...terms of ideologies, Hsiao and Yang both prefer socialism since "It is more equal in China, there isn't a part so rich and a part so poor." The obvious disadvantage is the lack of work incentive--"whether you work hard or you work lazy, you get the same in the end," Hsiao says...
Neither Hsiao nor Yang think that the social system will of necessity also change. Only relations between government and factories will probably be changed, they believe...