That's the turring test. The chinese room is sort of intended as a refutation of the ideas contained in the turring test. I postulates a system that would pass

That's the turring test. The chinese room is sort of intended as a refutation of the ideas contained in the turring test. I postulates a system that would pass a turring like test but argues that there isn't any component of that system that has 'understanding' to which the general response is that it is the combined system which 'understands'.