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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asians want clear transparent rules, no discrimination, and fair competition. Is that too much to ask?[/quote]
In a sense, yes.  If you're asking schools that have been around for over 300 years which grew up in one specific cultural and historical context to now remake their systems so that they more closely resemble the admissions procedures in Chinese universities, etc.  then you're asking too much.  And you're not entitled to ask for it just because it's what you want.[/quote]

A historical context of discrimination.  100+ years ago, they put in procedures to hold down the number of Jews.  Now they seek to hold down the number of Asians.
[b]China doesn't have issue of racial discrimination in their university admissions.[/quote][/b]

How many ethnic minorities are getting into the top universities in China?  :roll: [/quote]

Actually quite a lot. China practices affirmative action internally to an astonishing degree. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_China[/quote]

This is such nonsense. Having spent a lot of time in Yunnan and Tibet, home of actual ethnic minorities, mainland Han Chinese are not tripping over themselves to provide opportunities to the small percentage of Chinese citizens who are not Han. If you think the token Uyghur at Tsinghua is there because of their Uyghur-ness, you'd be right. Minor little propaganda point but I will guarantee you that that particular family is either broken or bought. But if Chinese affirmative action is something you celebrate, go ahead and send your 18 year old kid there for college and see how it goes. Particularly if your child is black.

America has its problems, but if you think for a minute that China is somehow better when it comes to race, I genuinely cannot fathom that level of ignorance and idiocy.. Ugh... I may have to make a cup of tea and reset. Dumbest thing I've read this week.[/quote]

Keep calm. It was a statement of fact, not an endorsement. Hope your job at Langley is going well.[/quote]

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