Beijing Daily

Many consider the novel to be about female empowerment, but according to the article, Beijing sees its message as the value of finding true love.

According to the state-run Beijing Daily, it presents a counterbalance to the superficial notions about appearance and wealth, which it says have flooded mainstream entertainment.

The story of Jane Eyre, an orphan girl who suffers hardships before eventually falling in love with her wealthy employer, will help China's 14-year-olds develop sounder values.

Full details on the story can be seen on the CNN Style online website.

Many consider the novel to be about female empowerment, but according to the article, Beijing sees its message as the value of finding true love.

According to the state-run Beijing Daily, it presents a counterbalance to the superficial notions about appearance and wealth.

which it says have flooded mainstream entertainment.

The story of Jane Eyre, an orphan girl who suffers hardships before eventually falling in love with her wealthy employer, will help China's 14-year-olds develop sounder values.

Many consider the novel to be about female empowerment, but according to the article, Beijing sees its message as the value of finding true love.

According to the state-run Beijing Daily, it presents a counterbalance to the superficial notions about appearance and wealth, which it says have flooded mainstream entertainment.

The story of Jane Eyre, an orphan girl who suffers hardships before eventually falling in love with her wealthy employer, will help China's 14-year-olds develop sounder values.

Full details on the story can be seen on the CNN Style online website.

But China's gone through a bit of a revamp of which school textbooks kids are reading, and this is part of an effort to align children's thoughts and values with the core values promoted by the ruling Communist Party.

So I was reading a recent piece in The Beijing Daily, which said this Victorian novel could help children, I quote, "establish a more balanced value system because of its anti-materialistic love story." So in case it's been a while, its fiercely independent heroine, Jane, was seen as groundbreaking because she insisted on being treated as an equal regardless of her gender or social class.

Uh, it also gave us one of the original brooding love interests in Mr. Rochester and his secret in the attic.

No spoilers for a two-century old novel-