Sunday, August 19, 2012

PRC's Great Leap Forward 大躍進

Photo Credit: Wikipedia 大躍進 - 宣傳海報:「以鋼為綱,全面躍進」

The following are my comments in response to Space's blog article "是否政治正確?".
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SBB:

>> …..大躍進 …. 土法炼钢,练出来的大多数是废钢

Back in the 1950's, PRC's Great Leap Forward 大煉鋼 program was largely based on political ideology and little on science and technology.

There are lessons to be learnt. For examples: (1) Military revolutionists were not always the best decision-makers on S&T matters. (2) Blindly toeing the party line by officials (for genuine patriotic reasons or simply out of fear) actually hurt the country.

To be fair, the PRC has made some progress in the S&T areas since the 1950's. The current leadership really has no choice but to make the right investments in a highly competitive and globalized world.

As I have not watched TVB's broadcast, I would assume that the alleged 暗諷 is more against the ideologues of the 50's.
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Related links:  大炼钢铁运动

1 comment:

the inner space said...

Dear HBB, I still enjoy watching "canadian air farce” on canada national networks!


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