Hey There Edgar Snow, What Happened to the Red Star over Yan'an?

Autor/inn/en	Boshier, Roger; Huang, Yan
Titel	Hey There Edgar Snow, What Happened to the Red Star over Yan'an?
Quelle	In: Convergence, 41 (2008) 4, S.79-101 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Public Administration; Adult Education; Leadership; Foreign Countries; Social Systems; Social Change; Social Environment; Poverty; Illiteracy; Rural Areas; Politics of Education; Political Issues; Dramatics; Singing; World History; Personal Narratives; Social History; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Öffentliche Verwaltung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Führung; Führungsposition; Ausland; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wandel; Soziales Umfeld; Armut; Analphabetismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politischer Faktor; Dramatik; Gesang; Weltgeschichte; Erlebniserzählung; Sozialgeschichte
Abstract	Edgar Snow scored an extraordinary scoop in 1936 when he persuaded Mao Zedong to tell his story. The resulting book--"Red Star Over China"--was a best-seller in the West and translated editions caused a sensation in China. Adult education was the centrepiece of Communist revolution and featured prominently in Red Star. It is now the twenty-first century. What happened to the Red Star? Is Yan'an basking in Communist utopia? What about adult education? In October-November 2008 the authors went to Yan'an to find out. They spent half their time in the city; half in the countryside. Students at Yan'an University seem satisfied. But there are high rates of illiteracy, poverty, anger and frustration (with corruption and the absence of healthcare) in Yan'an villages. The old Red base is on the "red tourism" trail and a sparkling centre for executive education and leadership training in Yan'an is evidence of Communist determination to improve public administration and rehabilitate their history. In the countryside, learning and education are poorly developed and, there is a need to reconcile with the past. Rather than being a continuous beacon, today the Red Star flickers in Yan'an as Communists struggle with their history and lurch toward democracy. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10