Chapter 4 Response
According to Bill Dodson, property transfer in China is a
factor that greatly limits the economic and social growth of China’s culture.
Dodson goes on throughout the chapter describing the stories of urbanites and
country folk and how unequal the opportunities for success are for both groups.
Page 49 describes Dodson’s conversation with a man in his mid-fifties. Dodson
wanted to know the difference in equality throughout the years; the man clearly
stated the shift that occurred because of the government’s control over living
conditions. This part of the book gave me an insight on how things did not
progress in China, but they got worse for individuals. I greatly agree with a
lot of what Dodson concludes in this chapter. Due to the hukou, it has caused a
generation to completely loose the chance in receiving an education because of
their current location. With China having such a massive population, I would
think the government would endorse policies that would allow all aspects of the
country to grow instead of limiting them.
Dodson also mentioned that the hukou systems caused society to “tolerate
inequalities” between social classes. This unfortunately is a big issue that
will not allow individuals to have the ability to work hard for their success.
Chapter 4 Response
China’s desire to be the most advanced country has become too extreme in my opinion. Not only do they control most of their society’s
freedom, but also they are careless in the process of gaining power. The
most compelling piece of information related to pollution is the harm that
China is causing to their country as well as neighboring countries. I thought
this was the most compelling because the US is so careful in maintaining health
regulations when it involves the safety of individuals; it is hard to think
that China being such a populous and leading nation chooses to place masses
of people in danger. Unfortunately, the public doesn’t have much power in
influencing the government about improving pollution. Page 68 illustrates the
unimportance China place on the voice of the people. After complaints of
illnesses caused by The Jilin Connell Chemical Plant, the company supposedly
took care of the situation for a few hours, but surely ignored the request of
the people. Reading this incident shows just how the government deals with similar situations. It does not make sense to me
how a country that stresses advancement so much cares so little about the very
people that make up whom they are as a country. I could understand why individuals in a society may be uncomfortable with
the idea of building factories near homes and businesses, but when it becomes a
problem that can be traced and recorded as a statistic, the government should
be more aware about the health problems heir choices are causing.
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