Blogocratic Demeritocacy

Hacker, Randi

dc.contributor.author	Hacker, Randi
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T16:25:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T16:25:54Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05-27
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13924
dc.description	This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
dc.description.abstract	Broadcast Transcript: For a thousand years, China was a bureaucratic meritocracy. Men from any walk of life could become high ranking officials if they did well on the Imperial examination. Failure meant dishonor, disgrace and poverty. In modern China, the Imperial exam has morphed into The National Examination for College Entrance. So much is at stake that cheating is rampant. Students buy answers, fake results and pay proxy test takers. Recently, an official was arrested for stealing the superior exam results of a village girl and passing them off as his daughter's. The scandal has become a hot topic on China's websites where bloggers are giving the official black marks for the injustice. One might say that, for this bureaucrat at least, it's become a blogocratic demeritocracy. #ceas #china #hacker
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Postcards from Asia;0157
dc.relation.isversionof	https://audioboom.com/posts/833514-0157-blogocratic-demeritocacy
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	Bureaucratic Meritocracy
dc.subject	Meritocracy
dc.subject	Imperial Exam
dc.subject	National Examination For College Entrance
dc.subject	Cheating
dc.subject	Blog
dc.title	Blogocratic Demeritocacy
dc.type	Recording, oral
kusw.kudepartment	Center for East Asian Studies
kusw.oastatus	na
kusw.oapolicy	This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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