I'm sorry to say that. But you're wrong. Yes and no. It just the one side of the penny the author describe. It's true. They have a lot of output. But, they are

I'm sorry to say that. But you're wrong. Yes and no. It just the one side of the penny the author describe. It's true. They have a lot of output. But, they are a lot. Just scale to this enormous count of students. If the author would just assume 2 percent of one year's graduates are good, it will be still more than with us here, where we also can - and fairly have to - assume these 2 percent, too. Also, the author didn't consider the fact, that the pupils in schools are under such a pressure, they LEARN. They really learn to be able to study. They learn a lot but, they just memorize quite a lot without properly being able to transfer the gained knowledge into practical doing, because they are trained from the smallest on with memorizing the Chinese characters. They have a magnificent visual memory. That's a problem, as it has been pointed out by the author. But: The author should have considered the massive amount of students abroad. They are doing very well abroad. They are used to learn and get everything memorized fast and see & learn the way western students work & learn. Been skilled the same things, they're are faster with memorizing. When they finish here, a few stay, a few go back. The ones returned home, maybe go and teach others with their skills unintentionally in higher schools/universities.. or just go on and start working. They have an advantage against the ones who did not study abroad. And so it goes. If you have a Chinese boy/girl, who did it in the exams and has the possibility to join the jin hua university - may be join it for a few semesters - and then go abroad for studies.. you will have a killer - one proud to be Chinese. Of course... here too that 2 percent... Just have a look at the publications.. authored or co-authored at least by one Chinese student (judged by name) or professor. From the bests of educational places. They already have the supremacy in fastest knowledge generation and made it an "import" thing, or just took it by espionage/do-not-so-good where they had the possibility to. They just don't tell it. Just think of the ban of US to the silicon market. China started to develop on theirs own. And.. they have build like 2 exascale supercomputers which are both faster than the top 500 without any US technology. You can't do it without deeply understand what you do, or, do not have the money to get the proper people together. No matter where they come from. I think it's more to the direction of the first point "understanding". And yes. There is a lot of furrr flying around. But in the end, it's the same with us. I work with students, they become dumber and dumber from year to year. May be it's a symptom of Facebook usage.