Sunday, April 7, 2013

Marx's Base-Superstructure Model Applied to China

Question:  What are some of the ways in which China’s politics, religion, mass media and education reflect its means of production?

In class, we discussed some of the ways in which the United States' politics, religion, mass media and education reflects its means of production. This lead me to wonder about some of the ways in which China's politics, religion, mass media and education reflect its very different means of production. I'm guessing that the mass media and education in China is more regulated by the government than in the United States. However, I know that China is not a truly communist society. I am sure many aspects of Chinese society would be quite a bit different if China truly were a completely communist society. If anyone else knows more about this topic than me, I would be very interested in hearing their thoughts on this question. 

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