Thoughts on one-party rule

Advantage:

Implement change with much less resistance/opposition

There would be only internal struggles for power,no external strife in the country,so more peace

People would be selected based more on meritocracy rather than charisma,so better people would be heading the nation.

Party would be able to get things done to benefit the country without having to appease the people at the same time.

Disadvantage:

If party is corrupt the country would never come out of the pit as it's leaders cannot be overthrown.

People may not be receiving proper treatment in China according to the human rights act as the government does not need the support of the common people

If the party decides to pass their positions to their children it would become like a monarchy and nobody can stop them.

I think it would not have been able to progress as they were very backwards in many aspects,without the one party system changes would not be as swift and quick to be implemented and today it would be a third world country. This is so because of its political instability at that period and people were hungry for power.The majority are uneducated people who would just support the person that appeals to them more and would not consider how he could contribute to the country not just to themselves.

I think it will still benefit china

It is similar to Singapore's system 

Singapore has everything to learn from China but not the other way

Reflection on One Party Rule

Advantages:

- There would be no objection to all the policies

- Proposals would be able to pass through quickly, with efficiency

- The country would be able to progress with beneficial policies adopted in the long term

Disadvantages:

- Without objection, poor policies be resistant to change, would not be improved and not be adopted in the short term

- With absolute power, poor policies would have a negative impact on a lot more people

Ong Gee  Hun (14) 2 E

Thoughts on one party ruling system

China has a one party ruling system, meaning that only one government party exist. I'm going to start with the pros and cons of this system

Pros: 

1) Government can make tough decision if it is a one party nation such as rise in good and reducing Tax contribution. One party rule means more control and less time to make a decision in this rapidly changing world. This will then lead to the second pros-

2) more focus on developing country. Since there's only one party and no competition, the party don't have to waste time fighting over power with the other party, which mean that they will have more time in developing the country.

3) common goal in the government. This allow them to work together without competition, and have more

Success in working towards their goal.

Cons:

1) less alternative view. There is no other party to step up and give alternate views, and thus, the government will only go with their decision.

2) wrong decision. If they only party made the wrong decision for the country, that is it. Mistake will be covered up and made unknown to public.

3) Feeling of being suppressed by single party Gov. Action toward opposition make citizen fearful of repercussion of speaking against Gov freely. This restrict the freedom of their people as they have totally no say to the decision to their country. 

4) corruption. As there's no other party, the only existing party will be in their comfort zone, and lead to a lack in growth of the country. Furthermore, corruption will happen as there is no threat to negative consequent. 

All in all, since there is more cons than pros, I felt that this one party ruling system is not as good, and singapore should not use it. Corruption, lack of idea and restrict of freedom will occur in this system and these will affect the growth of one country negatively. Having several parties will provide competition, which drives the government to become better and serve the country better. 

-yida :)

One Party Ruling

Last Monday Mr Wong told us more about China (because we're going there for OELP YAY.) and I found out that China has a one party ruler system. We were told to find out more on the pros and cons of this system so here's my answer!! :D

PROS

1. More control and consumes less time to make a decision.

CONS

1. Mistakes made by the Government can be covered up and make unknown to public. 

2. Single party Government listens to  lesser to alternative views.

3. If 2 political parties are present, more intellectual conflict and exchange could take place. A strong and positive development may result from such action.

4. No objections to the decisions made hence there is no improvement.

-Bei Xuan (8)

Chingay 2014

Chinese New Year

I feel that green represents Chinese New Year to me. To me, green stands for stress, as my family is always busy decorating and cleaning our house for the new year until our face turns green :( It's stressful as I don't get any time to relax and I always get scolded for my messy room ><

The horse is one of the twelve zodiac signs of Chinese. This year, the horse is the representative for the year and hence this animal can be seen anywhere.

The pineapple tarts is my favourite food for the new year! The sweet fillings and it's aroma in my mouth is just simply fabulous. This year, my aunt is going to make pineapple tarts for us so I'm looking forward to the new year :D

-Bei Xuan

What I've learnt

Through these weeks, I have learnt a lot of things. However, the one thing that I remember the clearest was the lesson on the man and woman asking for money. We were told to observe this man and woman. The man was homeless and his wallet was gone, his money, his clothes etc. The woman had a baby and was asking for money from people. Then, Mr Wong asked us to choose one of them, who we would give money to if we had $100. Without hesitation, I decided to give the woman as I thought that the man could look for work as he seemed healthy. However, for the woman, she had to look after the child and could not work. To my surprise, the woman was actually a conman! The baby wasn't hers and she came from and organisation that asked tourists for momey and divided the money among the members. From this simple observe-and-choose lesson, I learnt that we should not judge a book by its cover. We ought to get the facts right before jumping to conclusions.

-Bei Xuan