Ricardo Ramirez, Alexis Perez, Emily Cowan and Rafael Chavez, from left, practice their Chinese. Most students in the class are Latino. (Katie Falkenberg / For The Times / March 25, 2010)

Chinese government's funding of Southland school's language program fuels controversy/LA Times' Article

褒物欲，丧灵智 - “孔”学堂教人灭灵饱口已取成效

陈凯一语： Kai Chen's Words:

陈凯博客： www.kaichenblog.blogspot.com

Hitler once told the German people and the world that if you support his program of National Socialism, you would have better jobs and better food. But you should not question his policy of the Final Solution (Jewish Holocaust). Many in Germany and in the world bought into Hitler's version of better material gain for themselves and their offspring. They sold their souls for a morsel of food/a promise of better future at the cost of anti-humanity injustice. The result was tragic and disastrous.

This LA Time's article by Ni Chingching is repeating Hitler's rhetoric/promise of better jobs and food for your children once you buy into communist despotism/tyranny - Chinese version. You can have everything your body desires once you give up questioning the morals behind the communist scheme and the anti-humanity history (80 million innocent lives perished under Mao and communism without anyone today responsible for the crime), once you give up inquiring into the government crimes in Tiananmen Massacre and the current atrocities (continued persecution of dissidents, religious groups and Falungong practitioners, continued distortion and denial of its own criminal history to brainwash the Chinese youths). Now the Chinese criminal regime is selling its version of Communist/National Socialist agenda to American youths. What do you think the end result will be? --- Kai Chen

希特勒曾告诉德国和世界的人们只要你们支持认同他的“民族社会主义”，你就会你的家人后代取得更好的工作、更好的教育、更好的医疗与免费的午餐。 但你千万不要问起他的虐犹大屠杀。 德国与世界上的许多人们为了他们的物欲卖掉了他们的正义感与良知。 其结果是惨绝人寰的悲剧。

倪青青的这篇洛杉矶时报的报道正用同样的言辞重复着二战前的那段历史，只不过现在不是希特勒在用人们的物欲来许诺。 现在用着同样的诱饵，说着同样动听的言辞的是中共党奴朝。 只要你支持认同我们中国式的“共产民族社会主义”，你就会有更好的工作，更好的教育，更好的医疗与免费的午餐。 但你千万不要去追问中共的反人类罪行（八千万人在和平时期的死亡无人负责，天安门大屠杀被从历史书中抹掉，今天对异见人士、宗教人士与法轮功学员的迫害，篡改历史洗脑全人类、、、）。 现在中共党奴朝把它在中国洗脑成功的经验手段带到美国与世界去洗你与你的后代的脑，使你们都成为有肉无灵的宦奴娼。 你来想想如果中国的专制理念（尊“孔（洞穴）而灭灵智）在世界得逞，未来会是什么状态？ --- 陈凯

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A Hacienda Heights school will get free materials -- books, a laptop, playing cards -- from the Confucius Classroom language program. Critics see a propaganda tool, but backers say fears are unfounded

By Ching-Ching Ni

April 4, 2010

Most students in the Chinese language class at Cedarlane Middle School in Hacienda Heights have never heard of Confucius.

"Con what?" asked Ricardo Ramirez, 11, who loves to impress classmates with his loud and clear greetings of "Hello!" and "I love you!" in Mandarin.

But a proposal to bring more resources to his school's Chinese program has sparked heated debate over whether the Chinese government -- in the ancient philosopher's name -- should have a role in helping American schoolchildren learn. It's a controversy that lays bare tensions in a community that has undergone a major demographic shift and is now more than a third Asian.

In January, the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District board voted 4 to 1 to adopt a new Chinese language and culture class at Cedarlane next fall, at no cost to the district.

Confucius Classroom is paid for by the Chinese government's Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban.

"I am not against the teaching of foreign languages, but this is a propaganda machine from the People's Republic of China that has no place anywhere in the United States," said John Kramer, 73, a former superintendent of the district who has been vocal in the debate.

Supporters insist the concerns are unwarranted.

"A lot of people are saying it's a way for the Chinese people to brainwash our students. They are really misinformed," said Jay Chen, vice president of the Hacienda La Puente board. "From Oregon to Rhode Island, public schools have implemented the same program. As far as I can see, nothing sinister is going on."

Chinese language programs have become increasingly popular with China's rise as a superpower. In 2004, Beijing capitalized on that demand by creating the Confucius Institute to promote Chinese language and culture at the university level. The program, officials say, is much like Germany's Goethe-Institut and France's Alliance Française.

People worried in 2004 too, said Susan Pertel Jain, executive director of the UCLA Confucius Institute. "Everybody was concerned we would be told what to do, what to teach. That's not the situation at all. It's very much a partnership," she said of UCLA's program, which opened in 2007.

As of last year, there were more than 280 Confucius Institutes worldwide. Last year, Hanban expanded the idea, launching the Confucius Classroom to focus on kindergarten through 12th grade education. Already, there are about 200 Confucius Classrooms.

Although Cedarlane appears to be the first school in the Los Angeles area to sign up, at least seven are up and running around San Diego.

"The Confucius Classroom has been such a wonderful gift to our school," said Edward Park, principal of the Barnard Mandarin Chinese Magnet elementary school in San Diego, which adopted the program in October. "We've not had one single opposition."

Hacienda Heights was more than 36% Asian, primarily Chinese, when the last census was taken in 2000. The area has changed dramatically since longtime residents such as Mary Ann King arrived.

"We don't need to accept money from a Chinese government," said King, who has lived in Hacienda Heights for 42 years and once hosted the children's television show "Romper Room." "If it's funded by them, their doctrine will be part of the curriculum. It's wrong. We don't need to do this to our children."

School officials say that very little about the Mandarin program will change under the new sponsorship. Hanban will provide $30,000 to $50,000 for extra teaching materials, books, a laptop computer. The program will also provide some of its own materials and might send a teaching assistant from China to help the teacher who runs the class, said Principal Janine Ezaki.

Norman Hsu, 74, a longtime school board member who voted to adopt the program, says all teaching materials from Hanban will be reviewed by the school and will be available for public inspection. He said he has already seen some samples and found nothing inappropriate.

"They include stories and fables like the Monkey King," said Hsu. "There are also poker cards with Chinese characters for trains and cars. . . . So why are we worried?"

Asians now also dominate the school board, 3 to 2. Kramer, the former superintendent, says that could change.

"Our kids need to be taught Americanism," he said. "This board is going to pay a price. I think the community is upset enough to vote them out."

Chen, the newest and youngest member of the school board, said such comments about the program miss the point.

"People accuse us of advancing a Chinese agenda. They say the Chinese community is taking over," he said. "But one of the reasons to have the program is to make Cedarlane more attractive to all students, not just the Chinese."

At Cedarlane, most of the students in Ricardo's Chinese class are Latino.

"I already know two languages. The more languages I know, the better jobs I'll get," said Ricardo, a sixth-grader who speaks English and Spanish at home. "If I have kids, I can teach them Chinese. They can all get better jobs."

chingching.ni@latimes.com

陈凯一语： Kai Chen's Words：

www.kaichenblog.blogspot.com

In this report, some argue that Confucius Classroom in American high schools is only a legal issue. Some even equate America political system with China's. Because of these moral confusions, my opposition to Confucius Classroom is even more justified, important and paramount to other issues. My position/goal is to educate America and to restore America to what the founding fathers intended, as enunciated in American Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The struggle between good and evil, freedom and despotism should never be compromised. A moral issue should never be confused with other issues. --- Kai Chen

在这篇美国之音的报道中，有人为“孔学堂”辩护说这是一个合法不合法的问题。 也有人将美国的制度与中国的制度相提并论。 基于这些美国当前的道德扭曲与混乱，我在反“孔学堂”中的立场观点就更凸显出其重要意义。 我所关心的是美国的政治文化的健康与回赋真实的、美国宪法与独立宣言所代表的自由精神。 正义与邪恶、自由与专制是决不能合作与妥协的。 --- 陈凯

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美國加州一中學引入孔子教室引發爭議
VOA Quotes Kai Chen

記者: 亞微 | 華盛頓 2010年 4月 12日

加州一個中學因為要引入推廣中文教學的“孔子教室”而在當地引起爭議。反對者提出，中共是在用這個方法滲透中國文化和價值觀，但支援者認為這個觀點毫無根據，因為教育權仍控制在美方手裏。

加州哈崗拉朋地聯合學區教育委員會今年年初以4比1的多數，投票決定採納中國非盈利組織“國家漢辦”推出並資助的中國語言和文化教學計劃，又稱“孔子教室”。該校區Cedarlane中學將在明年秋季開設“孔子教室”，成為洛杉磯地區第一個報名參加這個計劃的學校。

據悉，漢辦將為“孔子教室”提供教材、電腦以及3到5萬美元，並在必要時派中文老師輔助教學。由於哈崗拉朋地聯合學區教育委員會5名委員中，有3名是華人，反對者指稱，華人委員這麼做是為了幫助當地華人，而且中國政府試圖用這個方法灌輸中國文化和價值觀，給美國孩子洗腦。

加州哈崗拉朋地聯合學區教育委員會副主席陳介飛駁斥了這種論點。他指出，Cedarlane中學實際上以拉美裔學生居多，而選中文課的學生百分之70以上是拉美裔。陳介飛表示，他們做出這個決定，主要是因為他們認為中文是一種非常重要的語言，掌握它會為學生們的就業創造更多機會。

陳介飛說：“漢辦在很多大學已經開設了孔子學院，在高中和中學，漢辦也做了很多。所以，孔子學院在美國很多年了，而且都沒有人反對。所以，我們覺得，這個應該沒有什麼問題。因為加州現在的錢不夠，經濟非常糟糕，很多學校都要把老師請走。我覺得這是一個非常好的機會，因為漢辦會給我們支援。所以，我們明年不只是可以把老師留下，還可以擴大教室，給更多學生機會來學中文。”

陳介飛對那種認為中共在利用“孔子學院”進行政治宣傳並試圖對美國孩子洗腦的觀點表示震驚。他強調所有教材都必須經過學區教育委員會批准。

陳介飛說：“我們和漢辦有一個合同。當然，沒有人會隨便給你錢。他們要我們使用他們的名字-孔子學院，也要我們用他們的書。可是，我們不需要每個東西都用。最重要的是，這個合同說：我們不能反對自己的法律。所以，雖然他們有他們的要求，這個合同並沒有說我們要反對我們原來的法律。如果有什麼東西，我們不想教、不想用，我們也可以不用。如果我們想把合同解決掉，早一點把它取消，我們也有這個權利。我們沒有把我們的權利給中國。 ”

但是，參加過哈崗拉朋地聯合學區教育委員會公開會議的前中國國家籃球隊隊員、旅居加州的反共活動人士陳凱指出，在中國國內，中共政權已經用扭曲的歷史對從小學到大學的中國學生進行洗腦，使他們對很多歷史真相不了解，例如北韓戰爭、文化大革命以及天安門槍殺事件等。如今，它又把這些東西帶到美國來閹割這裡的下一代。

陳凱說：“我質問這個決定本身的道德起點在什麼地方。我並不真正思考教材裏有什麼東西。你可以這麼對人講：我們就是講孔子，講孫悟空啊，並沒有什麼別的東西。在這個大前提都有問題的時候，就不要去講那些細節以及共產黨給你多少錢了。我知道它肯定會給你錢，給你教材，給你這個，給你那個。你每天讓這些製造謊言的人，以及把所有中國學生都洗腦的政權，所有中國歷史都是偽歷史，你拿這些東西來教美國的小孩兒，怎麼可能呢？”

陳凱進一步指出，中共動用了大量資源，在全球開設了上百家孔子學堂和孔子學院，這成為它向外輸出中國文化和價值觀的全球戰略的一部分。

陳凱說：“漢辦是在中國教育部和文化部之下，打著非政府組織幌子的中共的一個分支。在世界上，只有打著NGO的幌子，人們才會減少對政府操縱的懷疑。中共在對世界開放經濟以後，它所學到的並不是世界上普世終極的人的價值，例如生命、自由以及對幸福的追求等這些最基本價值。它所學到的是如何利用西方的自由，來腐蝕西方的價值，如何利用西方對中國的不了解，來閹割西方的良知。”

但是，加州大學洛杉磯分校孔子學院執行主任簡蘇珊表示，她和中國合作有20多年的歷史了，而且也在中國生活過。她認為，沒有一個政治制度是完美的，鼓勵文化交流只會產生好的結果。

蘇珊說：“我們與北京漢辦的合作關係是這樣的，他們希望我們教授的東西不涉及任何以政治為中心的內容，或涉及某一特別的議程和觀點。我們從一開始就明確表示，這是美國的高等教育體系，美國是一個思想開放、奉行憲法第一修正案言論自由的國家。因此，我們起初就說得很清楚：我們必須有自主權，有決定使用什麼教材的權利。”

簡蘇珊認為應該儘量創造教育機會，使孩子們更多了解世界。她說，他們並沒有請外國領導人來美國教室，把異國的思想灌輸給美國下一代。他們只是使用中國的資源，培育美國的老師來教育美國的孩子。因此，教育權仍控制在自己的手中。

隨著中國作為世界強國的日益崛起，中文語言教學計劃越來越受到歡迎。一些專家指出，中國政府也在利用這個需求擴大中國語言和文化的影響。據悉，到去年為止，中國在全球開設了280多家孔子學院。去年，漢辦將這個計劃進一步擴大，發起了針對幼稚園到12年級學生的“孔子教室”。目前，“孔子教室”已經發展到200個。