China has a long and rich cultural tradition in which education has played a major role. In 124 BC the first university was established for training prospective bureaucrats in Confucian learning and the Chinese classics. Only members of the upper class could attend school. Peasants and factory workers did not have the time to attend school; therefore as of 1949 only 20% of China was literate.
The Communists who controlled China considered illiteracy a major stumbling block in their promotion of political programs. They then combined political propaganda …showed first 85 words of 378 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 378 total…teaching at Chinese Universities a major political unrest began to place. The recently educated youth of China challenged the Communist policies of their country. Many protest and rallies took place led by university students. This protest was because students did not want the government to have total power. Many of these protestors were killed or jailed and still are in jail today.
The more educated the Chinese people became they realized that their present way of life was not as good as it should be.
