“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”

The Western part of the world has for centuries been the dominant force on the globe. Both economically, culturally and politically. The worlds richest and most influential people have for a long period of time been Western, all the way from the ancient Greek philosophers to Julius Cesar, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus and the modern greats such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates and the recently departed Steve Jobs.
Because of this western dominance, the western world has ruled the globe for ages. But all of this may be about to change in our post-industrial era.
In her article, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” from The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2011, Amy Chua argues that Chinese woman are in fact well on the way of taking over the role as the dominant force, at least when it comes to parenting. But is she right when she proclaims, that Chinese women really are superior?

Amy Chua’s main challenge writing this article is achieving the approval of the target group for which it is intended. The article was brought in The Wall Street Journal, which is an American newspaper and almost only read by Americans.
The readers of her article are therefore unlikely to agree with her opinions and views on the upbringing of children, as she not only promotes her own cultures way of dealing with children, but she also criticises the Western way of doing so: “Westerners […] seem perfectly content to let their children turn out badly” (p.10, l.173-174).
A key element in getting her message across, however, is that she is a Chinese mother herself, living in the Western civilization.
This makes her more credible to the readers, since she is a person who shares Western values and who is influenced by Western culture, even though she is still – deep down – Chinese. This is what comes across, when