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3. Analysis of Competitiveness Concern

3.2 Social Impact

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above, the contents show the competitiveness advantages in China, for sure, there are many drawbacks in character education locally that this paper will discuss next chapter.

Next section will from the basis of society to probe into parents’ consideration of their children’s competitiveness in China.

3.2 Social Impact

Taiwanese parents in China consider except for family, school influence, social impact is also a main concern. Taiwanese business people’s children in China are

affected by social folkways, living environment and mass media to cultivate their abilities of competitiveness. Therefore, this section will observe the differences between social networking in China and in Taiwan, to understand how they get touched in various society to form the pull or push forces for their parents.

3.2.1 Social Convention and Living Conditions

For Taiwanese students who transfer their study to China, they have left their comfortable circle to an unfamiliar environment. Because of the difference of formerly surroundings, the children can practice and experience more to come to maturity:

In China, Taiwanese students become more mature it is because they stand on others’ turf. They formerly stay in Taiwan easy and comfortable.

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Children are still in the process of growth and adaptation. In China the parents can let kids get used to the new environment, find good schools for kids (that’s why support fee exists), find good teachers for kids (like East China Normal University students). (interview2009072902)

As a mother, she can pay more attention to their kids in China. Because in China the price of commodities is lower compared with Taiwan, so as parents can hire aunts to help

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Here in China we can hire people to do the cleaning chores. For example my colleague in Xiamen, he hires 5 aunts to do the household duties. One is to systematize kids’ work and rest time. One is to take care of kids. One is to cook. One is to clean the house. The wife just needs to give orders.

(interview2009072702)

From the aspect of consumption level, in 1994, to work in China is double pay than in Taiwan. The income increases suddenly and the expenditure is lower than in Taiwan. So as parents can accumulate more fortunes for kids to have a good starting. (interview2009072702)

In Taiwan I let my kids attend all kinds of courses but the expenditure is more expensive than in China. Here in Shanghai I still let my kid learn computer class, comics and animation, English and etc but they cost me fair price. (interview2009073101)

My kid has carefree personality so is will to participate in many learning groups such as gobang, karate class. The mixed-the-age courses can help my kid to resist compression. Take gobang class for instance, it is free. In China I have more time to spend with my kid and the class price is fair for me to have multiple choices. (interview2009073101)

Some parents find the progress of Chinese society, diversification and globalization in China that makes them to approve of letting their children study in China:

Around Hongqiao area in Shanghai, there are many financial

organizations such as Korean firms or in Gu Bei district, there are many Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean businesspeople. In this big city we have diversification of lifestyles and the people we contact are more

international. We have chances to get in touch with Russian, Japanese and

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other foreigners. Compared with the hometown in Taichung, we can’t be able to get touch with different things. Moreover Shanghai is not only competitive but with many financial opportunities here.

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In Shanghai, the facilities are more international, and easy to contact with foreigners. Like World Expo, we all need to use English and the whole Shanghai emphasizes on English and internationalization.

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Mrs. Wu, her husband is working in traditional industry in China and there are many family members migrate to Shanghai continually, Mrs. Wu furthermore says:

I had heard of various life experiences to kids is good but only when you can get involved in. In Shanghai, my kids can see more, know more and widen their knowledge, like Shanghai World Expo, Beijing Olympics, these international activities. (interview2009073001)

It’s good to come to feel China, to put an end of prejudice, to see various experiences with an open mind, to blend the eyeshot, to be more

competitive and active thinking. (interview2009073001)

And then many Taiwanese businesspeople feel the emergence of Chinese economics to give them reflections of planning for their children’s study:

When everyone has no opportunity, it is imperative to go to Shanghai. For instance, the world is affected by financial tsunami but China still has 8 percent economic growth rate. (interview2009073001)

In 1997, Mrs. Kao built up electrical machinery industry factory in Shenzhen.

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supply chain so he decided to go to Shenzhen. In 2002 the whole family moved together to Shenzhen. Mr. Kao mentioned:

The progress is very fast and the large market in China is very attractive. I am sure that in the near future, many Taiwanese need to find a position in China, especially the ones who major in electrical machinery. Since many factories including foreign company set up bases in China, many electrical machinery talents have to flow to China. But medical treatment,

bio-technology, environmental protection and green technology are still potential in Taiwan. But the growth in China is with leaps and especially China has great capital and think tank, easily they will chase up with ours quickly. (interview2010012801)

Mrs. Yang opens an artist’s studio in Shanghai, after she brought her child to study in China, she found the progress of China and considers that joining in the advancement process is a way to cultivate the child’s prospect:

We adults bring kids with us to China where it is not developed as well as Taiwan, we have to give kids the prospects to look forward. Because China has the potential and we can witness and learn the procedure. It is a good thing for kids. If we want to go forward, there is much space to improve; if we have to go backward, we can still go back to Taiwan. China has

progressed with leaps and bounds. (interview2009072901)

Though China looks for new and quick as a whole atmosphere in social culture and living environment, there is some opposite points argued by a student who studies in international branch of Shanghai High School:

I want to go back to Taiwan. Though I find the progress in China, I am afraid I will become stiff if I study university here. Moreover I want to study design field, comparatively Taiwan is much better than China in this

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field. The thought and originality in Taiwan are more creative but in China it is stiff. (interview2009072904)

From the above we could understand that it seems that study locally can sense the feeling of looking forward and striving upward aroma from the aspect of the emergence of China, it is just like Taiwan twenty years ago. However, in some other aspects, as the interviewee mentioned law, creativity and art still await for progress in China. Generally speaking the society in China offers much advantages for children’s competitiveness cultivation. Next section will explore the social mass media to know more if the media networking influences parents’ decision over their children’s study plan.

3.2.2 Mass media

Mass media has influence on children’s growth to some extent. On one hand, the news reports are always topics of peer group; on the other hand, many students watch TV in their leisure time:

Actually when you stay in China for a while, you find local students have quite good groundwork, like they can express their opinion well. The local TV programs present many quizzes even an adult doesn’t know. The children’s groundwork in China is better than Taiwan.

(interview2009072901)

In Taiwan, my daughter often watches entertainment programs, like cartoon or soap dramas. But in China, when you turn on the TV, you can see many programs related to knowledge. I find the local children can talk about current events. My daughter wants to have topic with the local

students hence she forces herself to understand more knowledgeable issues.

From the aspect of competitiveness, I find it is better.

(interview2009072903)

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current issues globally. To compare with Taiwan’s news, there is a big difference.

Furthermore, the situation reflects on children’s contact with international news:

Taiwan is an island country and the news rarely includes global news.

However in China, the news channels like CCTV9 or ICS, they broadcast global news in English and Chinese all day. There is more foreign news.

As a mother, I find this is good for kids since the condition provides children broaden horizons. (interview2009073102)

From the angle of children’s social networks, Taiwanese parents mostly approve of their children’s learning drive positively. They consider their children would become more international and competitive. However when they take future higher education or job market into consideration, what attitude will these Taiwanese parents hold is the point of next section.

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