Too Many Books For The Young

Too Many Books For The Young

Nov. 20th 2008

"There are too many and too various books in the market and it's a serious threat for teenagers' reading." Jiang Build Country (it's a direct translation of his name), the newly nominated deputy director of National Press Administration, stressed on today's "Sit And Talk Meeting for Suggestions Collecting of Cultural Environment Protection Project"(I know, it's long) held in Beijing No.2 Middle School.

"The purpose of our education is to make the youngsters cultivated and an important measure to do that is to make th

em read. But there are too many books of too great diversity in the market, which is a serious problem threatening our kids' reading! To solve the problem, efforts have to be made by the country. Thus, the government shall ass kick, cleanse and guide the market. "

As Jiang said, the National Press Administration has been working on making up books they want people to read and burning books they don't want people to read since it was founded. Under the central government's abetment, they've successfully made the Chinese press a harmonious world where the most valuable information is the inaccurate weather forecast.

This picture is a convincing example of how tremendously the country's effort has paid off. These are copies of four different newspapers issued on Aug. 19th 2007. As you can see, the four papers' front pages share exactly the same face. Netizens dub this as "a grandiose part in the history of human press".

But the officers in the National Press Administration are not people who satisfy easily. The country's press is still way too diverse to meet their strict standard. There is no doubt that they will continue fighting against diversity and liberty of press and secure the mindless cultivation of our next generation.

Who can say China is not lucky to have dedicated officers like this?

Our best greetings to the officers' ancestors!