Foreign Professor Advises Party to Change its Name

Foreign Professor Advises Party to Change its Name
Jul 02, 2015 By eChinacities.com

Daniel Bell, a Canadian professor at Tsinghua University, recently wrote an article for the Financial Times that attracted a great bit of attention.

“The CCP exists in name only,” said the philosophy professor, advising the CCP to change its name.

Bell’s statement wasn’t so much of a criticism as it was a piece of advice. He said that the CCP is a meritocracy instead, and foretold of a day sometime around 2035 when China will yield a lot of power. Around that time, Bell thinks the party should change its name to something like “The Chinese Meritocracy League.”

The Financial Times uploaded a Chinese-language version of the article online and it attracted a wide range of Chinese opinions.

Some netizens commended Bell’s advice and offered their own suggestions - such as  the “Rejuvenation Party,” “Socialist’s Party,” “Labor Party,” and even “Democratic Party.”

There were also many netizens that felt that the party shouldn’t change its name. One of them stated “There’s only one party - call it whatever you like and it won’t make a difference.”

Bell has done research on Confucianism, previously authoring a book titled “China’s New Confucianism.” That being said, perhaps his name change advice was following Confucian philosophy’s Rectification of Names concept.

Source: wenxuecity.com

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BlightyMatt

National Socialist Chinese Workers Party...that has a nice ring to it. Could be some copyright issues, but when has that bothered anyone?

Jul 03, 2015 19:53 Report Abuse

RachelDiD

Come on, you guys. China is definitely a meritocracy. I bet Canada didn't even recognize Dr. Bell's scholarly potential enough to let him teach in a community college. He's lucky he came to China, where the powers that be instantly recognized his worth as a mouthpiece of the highest level!

Jul 03, 2015 17:20 Report Abuse

tsmithfi

Easy to hate an academic....

Jul 03, 2015 13:52 Report Abuse

coineineagh

don't forget to say we're jealous. and poor. and our teaching jobs make less money than his buttkissing, ha ha!

Jul 03, 2015 15:14 Report Abuse

tsmithfi

I think hes right on.....all of you think youre experts here, and dont think China will be a major power in 30 years ? Cmon....

Jul 03, 2015 13:49 Report Abuse

Guest2301262

Wall Street Journal, 4/26/2015. www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-true-growth-is-a-mysteryeconomists-weigh-the-clues-1430071125 * ("When China released its tabulation of first-quarter growth earlier this month, the 7% figure—the worst in six years—stirred fears of a deepening slowdown. It also raised fresh doubt about the trustworthiness of China’s own statistics. * “Growth Likely Overstated,” said a Citibank report, concluding that actual quarterly growth could be below 6% year to year, depending on the factors weighed. Other research firms put their numbers far lower, with Capital Economics pegging the quarter at 4.9%, the Conference Board’s China Center at 4% and Lombard Street Research at 3.8%. * Efforts to discern China’s actual growth rate have kept economists pinned to their calculators for years, and for good reason. * For one, the figures are suspiciously smooth, with none of the sharp gyrations seen in the U.S. or other economies. The methodology often appears inconsistent or contradictory. Also, no one knows how China accounts for inflation when tabulating its gross domestic product...") * * * One thing we DO know, crystal clear, is their FACE thing, the LIES and EXAGGERATIONS they fabricate to prop up their FAKE FACE so the zombies can brag about, live their deceptive harmonious life. So, you go figure their 'splendid future' propaganda....LOL

Jul 03, 2015 14:00 Report Abuse

rasklnik

I understand how a Computer Scientist, or Nuclear Physicist may be willing to overlook the 'abuses' of the CCP for a nice job at one of the big universities here. But this guy teaches philosophy? How does he deal with the whole death of Socrates thing? "Remember class, sometimes it is good to kill smart people cause they are annoying?" Total waste of space.

Jul 03, 2015 12:52 Report Abuse

Guest2781358

Wow, this guy is actually as annoying as his picture makes him look

Jul 03, 2015 00:04 Report Abuse

Samsara

Agreed, and he looks like a creepy weirdo. But clearly wearing a scarf and a smug expression makes one a professor.

Jul 03, 2015 00:22 Report Abuse

Benjamin321

I bet he doesn't even lift! Also, douchiest jacket in the Peeples Repubic.

Jul 03, 2015 01:55 Report Abuse

Guest2301262

lol Brilliant. Pee_ples, Peep_les. Psychos.

Jul 03, 2015 07:55 Report Abuse

Chairman_Cow

Daniel Bell is a pen pushing fool.

Jul 02, 2015 23:02 Report Abuse

MarekC

The Government suffices

Jul 02, 2015 22:44 Report Abuse

Samsara

Here's my proposition: The Democratic Meritocratic Confucian Socialist Party of the Liberated People's Harmonious Democratic Republic of China. Note that there are two instances of the word "Democratic" to illustrate just how in touch with the people the Chinese government is.

Jul 02, 2015 21:09 Report Abuse

Guest2301262

LMAO Right up mainlanders' alley, more, more, more....big face. The extensive scale of bribery shows CCP IS well connected with the mass. A perfect match, like flies and garbage.

Jul 02, 2015 22:04 Report Abuse

dkappy

What a classic (and very Chinese) way to bunt the ball and totally bypass a chance to hit it out of the park. A foreign professor at Tsinghua could publish many more immediate and important articles, there are literally billions of problems to choose from here. The name of the regime is the least prominent of those. That's like a Jewish professor teaching in Germany before the exterminations writing an article called "Nazi party causing a ruckus, other methods viable."

Jul 02, 2015 20:31 Report Abuse

Robk

This is why these "prestigious" universities are full of idiotic professors that are consistently ruining their reputation. Look at this: Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō "earn" and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos "strength, power") is a political philosophy which holds that power should be vested in individuals almost exclusively according to merit.[1] Advancement in such a system is based on intellectual talent measured through examination and/or demonstrated achievement in the field where it is implemented. --- Power or strength invested in to individuals based on merit through achievement. So the CCP members EARN their position through "guanxi", bullying others, accepting bribes and being corrupt? Nice form of achievement. Yeah... try again "professor".

Jul 02, 2015 20:17 Report Abuse

Guest2368048

CCP is perfect, Corrupted Chinese Party!

Jul 02, 2015 19:18 Report Abuse

Guest2650392

.....P*gs

Jul 03, 2015 07:48 Report Abuse

Samsara

Apparently this professor thinks that licking government members' assholes (the means by which he got his position) is the definition of "merit". ----- One Chinese netizen said it like it is: "There’s only one party - call it whatever you like and it won’t make a difference." Right on. He could have added "fuck off, you stupid foreign wanker" and I would have agreed wholeheartedly.

Jul 02, 2015 19:17 Report Abuse

kuntmans

The Meritocratic Socialist Party of China

Jul 02, 2015 18:43 Report Abuse

tomcatflyer

He may be a professor at one of the top universities in China but he has totally lost me on this one. How can you seriously claim China to be meritocracy when so much has, and still does, rely on connections and money. How many times have we heard of people being given posts because of who they know, or buying rank in the military. Xi jinping's anti corruption drive has been blamed by some as an excuse to wipe out political enemies. There is nothing here that signals meritocracy to me. Even in business junior people would rather ask their immediate supervisor what should be done as opposed to using their initiative. But hey what do I know I'm not a professor.

Jul 02, 2015 18:10 Report Abuse

SwedKiwi1

I wouldn't call the party particularly meritocratic. Nationalism is more like it - what about the China Socialist (nationalist) party?

Jul 02, 2015 18:10 Report Abuse