AnKaLi 0 #1 May 1, 2008 So I'm wrapping up my honors thesis, and I'm stuck on one edit point....someone give me a better way to say "higher places" in the following sentence...PLEASE. The national leaders kept the country in a top-down type of government; they believed the villagers could not lead themselves and China to higher places. I'm burned out, my brain can't figure it out anymore. THANK YOU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 May 1, 2008 Quotefreedom. Good choice, without knowing the arguments of the thesis. I would have said "democracy"..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #4 May 1, 2008 I'm not sure I know what you mean by "higher places." Do you mean economic advancement/stimulus, social and cultural development . . . or something else?TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #5 May 1, 2008 What time period are you referring to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #6 May 1, 2008 new heights to its zenith to reach its potential to its destiny It'd be easier if you posted the whole paragraph. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #7 May 1, 2008 I know thats right...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #8 May 1, 2008 whole paragraph: Although these communes were more democratic in a sense given that they could elect team heads, the leaders in Beijing were unwilling to give any leeway in figuring out the details of the commune, like what type of crops were to be grown. The orders that came from above often ignored the local conditions. This was done in order to ensure the predictability of foodstuffs for the urban community; however it did not always function well for the peasants. Often their conditions worsened in order to produce what the government wanted for the urban areas. The national leaders kept the country in a top-down type of government; they believed the villagers could not lead themselves and China to higher places. (WC) In the long run, the government in Beijing led the peasants into more dire situations concerning their well being. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrightskyguy 1 #9 May 1, 2008 Palatka! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #10 May 1, 2008 Thesis: The institutions of the 1950s and the reforms of the 1970s and how they led rural China into the poverty situation they face today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #11 May 1, 2008 I got nuthin. Just shamelessly PWing again.... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #12 May 1, 2008 QuoteThesis: The institutions of the 1950s and the reforms of the 1970s and how they led rural China into the poverty situation they face today. Oh okay, then I basically know nothing about that specific topic... But I will add that prices and wages always seem to be very low in most Communist countries."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #13 May 1, 2008 Reading that, I'd leave the sentence as "The national leaders kept the country in a top-down type of government; they believed the villagers could not lead themselves. However, in the long run, the government in Beijing led the peasants into more dire situations concerning their well being." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #14 May 1, 2008 take out the whole schpeel about China...good idea. thank you :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkeater 0 #15 May 1, 2008 elevated standings.Muff Brother #4026 Loco Zapatos Rodriguez SCR #14793 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #16 May 1, 2008 QuoteQuoteThesis: The institutions of the 1950s and the reforms of the 1970s and how they led rural China into the poverty situation they face today. Oh okay, then I basically know nothing about that specific topic... But I will add that prices and wages always seem to be very low in most Communist countries. yeah that has a lot to do with it, its a nice long 30 page paper detailing it. I now know a massive amount about it, thanks school! Its an interesting situation in China though, they pushed their industrialization funding onto the rural areas instead of the more common urban areas, so instead of urban slums (like in Brazil) china has a rural poverty problem. China only has something like .5% poverty in their urban areas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #17 May 1, 2008 It's fine, as is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS 0 #18 May 1, 2008 QuoteThe national leaders kept the country in a top-down type of government; they believed the villagers could not lead themselves and China to higher places. I think I would say something like "they believed that the villagers were not capable of elevating themselves or China as a whole." And just for discussion sake, when you say .5% poverty in urban areas, by what standard? Is that a local standard, or global, etc? Seems like there's an awful lot of poverty visible even in the cities (or what many by OUR standards would consider poverty)._____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bum 0 #19 May 1, 2008 ...to greater prosperity. (free advice and worth every penny) --- Doug the DZ Bum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #20 May 1, 2008 Quote ...to greater prosperity. I was going to say that.Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #21 May 1, 2008 Quote It's fine, as is. tell that to my advisor he doesn't like my word choice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #22 May 1, 2008 QuoteQuoteThe national leaders kept the country in a top-down type of government; they believed the villagers could not lead themselves and China to higher places. I think I would say something like "they believed that the villagers were not capable of elevating themselves or China as a whole." And just for discussion sake, when you say .5% poverty in urban areas, by what standard? Is that a local standard, or global, etc? Seems like there's an awful lot of poverty visible even in the cities (or what many by OUR standards would consider poverty). It's a citation I recieved from the World Bank...the official Chinese poverty line is $0.66 per person today, or the World Bank’s stricter $1 per day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnKaLi 0 #23 May 1, 2008 The poverty issue runs deeper than what you see though, it involves the hukou system,,,which I really don't want to get into...really burned out on it. Ask me again in a month Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #24 May 2, 2008 instead of 'higher places' you might say,,, "loftier goals"... jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites