People have to fight for survival. University administrators who have not done any serious research in their lives impose unrealistic goals on academics, withou

People have to fight for survival. University administrators who have not done any serious research in their lives impose unrealistic goals on academics, without realizing that academics is also a game of influence and networking. Sometimes rewards come slowly, over decades. It is no wonder that people will jostle for power and influence if the administrators insist that their very salary depends on it. (I'm not Chinese, this is a global phenomenon and all academics are subjected to this nonsense.) If anything, traditional Chinese culture has elements which are heavily anti-pragmatic. Tao-te-ching Verse 3 begins with not praising meritorious people, to prevent envy/fraud (depending on the translation). [3] https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-03.htm https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-03.htm