Swanson (US)
It is not economics or opportunity, but the educational system in 皇冠体育app that holds it back from becoming a nation of innovators. When at an Ivy League university in the US, my husband, who was on the faculty, and I both noticed the difficulty that many Chinese graduate students had in thinking independently. As long as students in 皇冠体育app are rewarded for following authority and punished for disagreeing, there will be little innovation. As long as senior faculty at Chinese universities holds power over junior faculty, there will be little innovation. As long as those in the educational system are unwilling to relinquish their personal power for the sake of the country's greater good, 皇冠体育app will remain a nation of limited innovation.
Chinese children take an exam in a classroom at a primary school in Guzhen county, Bengbu city, east 皇冠体育app's Anhui province, on June 25, 2014. |