Mastery over Marxist-Leninist thought, besides knowledge in animal upkeep, is the required qualification to be a zookeeper in China's Guangzhou Zoo.
Chinese daily, Yangcheng Evening News, recently stumbled upon Guangzhou Zoo's entrance exam for new recruits and found that one of the sections in the test aimed at evaluating applicants' ‘mastery’ of Marxist-Leninist thought.
The 15 zookeepers being recruited at the government-run zoo need to be proficient at preparing animal feed, inspecting manure as well as understanding the theories of labour value and human nature, the South China Morning Post reported.
The written exam and interview test applicants' ‘cultural and historical knowledge, parks and zoo-related knowledge and the philosophy and principles of Marxism’, according to the article.
The bizarre revelation quickly became the butt of internet jokes across Chinese social media. ‘That's great, the zookeepers can go on to find jobs in the civil service, Marxism teaches one how to rule over beasts,’ one blogger said. Another made reference to George Orwell's famous 1945 political allegory Animal Farm saying: ‘They should be careful not to give the animals any rebellious ideas.’ Another pointed out: ‘Marxist zookeepers would be incapable of doing the job; cages and other manifestations of capitalist oppression would be outlawed.’
MAN HELD FOR MAKING HOAX BOMB THREAT TO LAND PLANE IN CHINA
A 31-year-old man was arrested in China's eastern Anhui Province today for making a fake bomb threat to a domestic flight to prevent his girlfriend from leaving.
The flight ZH9786 bound for Shenzhen in southern Guangdong Province, with 160 passengers on board, made an emergency landing for security checks shortly after it departed.
The man surnamed Chen, a native of Bengbu, Anhui Province, was arrested by Hefei Luogang International Airport police for fabricating and spreading false terrorist information.
He called up the airport and claimed there were explosives on the flight, shortly after the flight took off around midnight yesterday.
He intended to stop his girlfriend who was on the flight from leaving Hefei, provincial capital of Anhui, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The plane landed at the airport of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province early this morning.
A thorough examination of the aircraft did not find any explosives. In December, a man who called in a false bomb threat on a passenger flight to avoid a debt collector was sentenced to four years in prison in central China's Hubei Province.
Chinese daily, Yangcheng Evening News, recently stumbled upon Guangzhou Zoo's entrance exam for new recruits and found that one of the sections in the test aimed at evaluating applicants' ‘mastery’ of Marxist-Leninist thought.
The 15 zookeepers being recruited at the government-run zoo need to be proficient at preparing animal feed, inspecting manure as well as understanding the theories of labour value and human nature, the South China Morning Post reported.
The written exam and interview test applicants' ‘cultural and historical knowledge, parks and zoo-related knowledge and the philosophy and principles of Marxism’, according to the article.
The bizarre revelation quickly became the butt of internet jokes across Chinese social media. ‘That's great, the zookeepers can go on to find jobs in the civil service, Marxism teaches one how to rule over beasts,’ one blogger said. Another made reference to George Orwell's famous 1945 political allegory Animal Farm saying: ‘They should be careful not to give the animals any rebellious ideas.’ Another pointed out: ‘Marxist zookeepers would be incapable of doing the job; cages and other manifestations of capitalist oppression would be outlawed.’
MAN HELD FOR MAKING HOAX BOMB THREAT TO LAND PLANE IN CHINA
A 31-year-old man was arrested in China's eastern Anhui Province today for making a fake bomb threat to a domestic flight to prevent his girlfriend from leaving.
The flight ZH9786 bound for Shenzhen in southern Guangdong Province, with 160 passengers on board, made an emergency landing for security checks shortly after it departed.
The man surnamed Chen, a native of Bengbu, Anhui Province, was arrested by Hefei Luogang International Airport police for fabricating and spreading false terrorist information.
He called up the airport and claimed there were explosives on the flight, shortly after the flight took off around midnight yesterday.
He intended to stop his girlfriend who was on the flight from leaving Hefei, provincial capital of Anhui, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The plane landed at the airport of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province early this morning.
A thorough examination of the aircraft did not find any explosives. In December, a man who called in a false bomb threat on a passenger flight to avoid a debt collector was sentenced to four years in prison in central China's Hubei Province.