A recent pronouncement by China’s education minister, Yuan Guiren, threatens to do damage on a far larger scale. Yuan has vowed never to allow textbooks “promoting Western values” – especially those that “attack or defame the leadership of the Party or smear socialism” – into Chinese classrooms.
中国教育部部长袁贵仁的最近言论的打击面更大。袁贵仁说，绝不能让 “传播西方价值观”的教材——特别是那些“攻击诽谤党的领导、抹黑社会主义的言论”——进入课堂。考虑到袁贵仁的地位，这一宣言实际上可以视为官方政策。为中国的命运着想，但愿这不是真的。