Michelle Obama sent an unexpected message in China . Mothers of the United States ( U.S.), it states that the freedom of speech , access to information , education and equality are " universal rights . "
Speaking in front of students from the U.S. and China at the Stanford Center ( Peking University ) on Saturday , Michelle insists that " freedom of expression and worship , as well as having access to information is a universal right , since every human being is born into the Earth . "
Sentences are astounding .
Michelle visits during the week in China is predicted as a vacation with two daughters and her mother . His visit was part of a cultural approach . However , U.S. government officials have long tried to promote the values of the U.S. during a visit to China , and sometimes even criticized Beijing over human rights violence .
The Chinese government is currently updating the control of Internet , media , and education . One of the themes that will be asked Michelle in China is education , according to White House officials . Prior to this visit , several parties asked Michelle puts the issue of freedom of education and access to information ..
Economists from China , Xia Yeliang , last year lost the opportunity to teach at Peking University . Professor which includes vocal in politics because it lost the position to express liberal views . He hopes that Michelle could confront China over control of education . " Schools in China and elsewhere have to ask again , ' What is the purpose of education ? ' " Said Xia . According to him , students and Chinese students do not get enough freedom to respond to the desire to learn .
Chinese officials have so far tried to boost the creativity in learning and expanding access to education . That way , they can narrow the gap between the periphery and the urban . However , innovation and analytical thinking hampered requirement that students learn Marxism and obey authority , called Xia .
Chinese upper class are able to provide a good education for their successors . The children of the rich sent to study abroad , he said . " It was only 1 % . What about the other 99 % , " said Xia , who is now a visiting research fellow at the Cato Institute liberal research center in Washington DC .
Gardner Bovingdon , associate professor of Indiana University in Bloomington , said the call for freedom of speech do not just stop at Michelle Obama . That he is worried about the U.S. educational organization . Many U.S. educational institutions to open an office in China . For example Stanford Center , where Michelle speech . Most of the education center was invested money to construct a new office in China , also accepts students Bamboo Curtain country . These campuses , Bovingdon said , not much against Chinese control .WSJ
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