Woke up at 6:00am this morning only to be in time for the appointment with the professer. Putting on some clothes casually then rushed out for the Big Blue Bus. On the bus ,looking out of the window, everything seems so natural to me now. Remember that three months ago, first arrived at here, the journey from the house to UCLA were so long that i fell asleep on the trip again and again.

 

Knocking at the door cautiously then waiting anxiously for the reply of professor,I was reaaally nervous at that time.Door opened, he asked me to come in and sit down.After some gossip,our formal conversation beggan.I had aticipated some tough questions before. However, he only asked me about my performance in the mid-term,case, major in China then that is it.Nothing else! After finding out the template in his pc, he just simply changed the tittle of name then printed it out.The content is as followed:

 

Re:XXXXXX

To Whom It May Concern:

Mr. XXXXXX was a student in my following class:

 

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Grade:A

 

This class was problem and case oriented and considered to be a very difficult course.Mr. XXX always asked excellent questions and continuously strived to learn more about the subject.

I enjoyed having Mr.XXX as a student in my classes.He definitely expanded the scope and the knowledge of all students by his insightful questions and comments.His intellectual and communication skills were apparent in his homework and exam scores,all of which were excellent.He was very enthusiastic about his learning experience.

 

Mr.XXX is an excellent student who is goal oriented and displays high achievement potential.Mr.XXX would place in the top 5% of all the students I have taught.

 

If you have any questions, please call me at ***-***-****.

 

Very truly yours,

 

XXXXX

XXXXX

XXXXXXX

 

 

Well, so honor I am:)

Before i came to US, i seldom heard of news about India. But having studied here for three months, i found that ,in the eyes of American people, China and India are two growing giants. Some days ago i listened to a podcast in which Jack Welch made a comparison between China and India from four different aspects as followed: infrastructure,political stability,economic growth and human rescource.

 

From the point of Jack, India has a more appealing political stability than China because they are more democratic than China.Is that true? I don't know. Talking about the HR, the two countries both share the same attribute of a super large population and high growing rate. With a large basic amount, there are, without any doubt, all kinds of HR which can be fit into the development of their own countries, On the other hand,however, education also became a headache for both governemnts with such a large population but limited funds.I don't know the situaion in India, but in China, education has become a growing concern, which draw on a lot of public  debates.

 

In the aspects of infrastructure and economic growth, China has a undeniable advantages over India. Because of the relatively centralized government, China can focus more on the development of economic and infrastructures.That's the benefit of centralization.Since 1980s,the world has wittnessed the unprecendented economic growth of a country.However we have to admit that there are some downsides of it too. Economics has been growing without the accordance of education,medicare,social welfare , etc.It arouse somehow quite a lot of social problems,some of which have been noticed, some of which are still underlying.

 

While the outside world are comparing us with India, it seems that the majority of us still haven't paid enough attention to our ambitious neighbour.In my opinion, the medias ,nowadays, focused too much attention on the issues of Taiwan and Japan.They are important,but they don't worth that much papers. On the other hand, it's necessary for public medias to take up the resposibility of waking up the majority of us--Be ware of India, they are approaching us. A couple of years later, they will be the major competitor of us in the global stage.

Came across a journal just now which solved some of my confusion these days.Quoted here to share with everybody.

我最近这篇文章讲述了一个道理，就是社会主义民主与法制不是背离的。我说民主、法制、自由、人权、平等、博爱，这不是资本主义所特有的，这是整个世界在漫长的历史过程中共同形成的文明成果，也是人类共同追求的价值观。我同时强调，世界上有2000多个民族，200多个国家和地区，他们的社会历史发展不同，他们的发展水平不同，民主的形式和途径也是不相同的。这种文化的多样性是不以人们的意志为转移的。

至于你提到的一个核心问题，就是社会主义民主是什么？我可以明确地说，社会主义民主归根结底是让人民当家作主，这就需要保证人民的民主选举、民主决策、民主管理和民主监督的权利；就是要创造一种条件，让人民监督和批评政府；就是要在平等、公正和自由的环境下，让每一个人都得到全面的发展；就是要充分发挥人的创造精窈投懒⑺嘉哪芰Α?/P>

我们的社会主义建设，包括社会主义政治建设和民主建设，经验都还不足。我们愿意实行开放政策，学习世界上一切先进的文明成果，结合我们自己的实际，走中国民主的道路。

你说我的文章讲到100年不变，说是100年不要民主，这是你误解了。我是讲社会主义由不成熟到成熟，由不完善到完善，由不发达到比较发达，还需要一个很长的过程。在这个阶段当中，我们要实现两大任务，推进两大改革。

两大任务就是：一是集中精力发展社会生产力；二是推进社会的公平与正义，特别是让正义成为社会主义制度的首要价值。两大改革：一是推进以市场化为目标的经济体制改革；一是以发展民主政治为目标的政治体制改革。

民主制度同任何真理一样，都要接受实践的考验，任何地区和国家，民主制度的状况、优劣，都要以实践为标准。

 

All the best China!I am proud of you.