Leadership’s Role in Nation-Building (Part 1)

I vividly recall my first visit to China in 1991, a time, when it was an underdeveloped nation where a worker’s daily wage barely reached 1 USD. Distinguished individuals of that era were those who owned bicycles. However, within just a decade, I witnessed an incredible socio-economic, educational, and industrial transformation. 

In 1991, Boris Yeltsin assumed power in Russia, a nation blessed with abundant resources such as oil, natural gas, gold and diamond mines, agriculture, industry, aerospace, and a formidable military, standing at a crossroads, faced with critical decisions that would determine its future path.

The leadership in both China and Russia played pivotal roles in shaping the destinies of their respective nations, each charting different courses forward.

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Transmitting Values, Online

During the 2017 Armenia/Diaspora conference, concerns were raised about TV stations broadcasting commercial programs that were deemed to be unintelligent. The Minister of Education responded by saying that they could not intervene in the choices made by private companies.

In contrast, the government of China transformed the society of 1.5 billion, from a violent and corrupt to a civilized and educated society in just 10 years. One of the key factors was the use of social media to promote essential values such as protecting nature, civic engagement, integrity, and combating societal issues like unhealthy lifestyles, domestic violence, and selective abortion.

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