Not long ago China's most famous scientist was busted for faking his research.
Chen Jin faked a chip breakthrough. He was guilty. Beijing may be guilty, too, of pushing its scientists, researchers and students too hard to come up with new innovations too soon.
China is a manufacturing powerhouse, but that does not make it an innovation nation. Innovation comes with maturity and has a foundation. Germany, France and Japan have earned their stripes and still it is hard enough for them to come up with something new.
China cannot be expected to be able to innovate so soon at such a level.
One of their biggest if not the biggest drawback is the lack of funding for research and development = the schools don't get the money they need.
Did I use school and money in the same sentence? Yep, schools in China need money, too.
China's resources (money) is still poured into unperforming state owned businesses and cowboy startups when it might be better funneled into R&D departments of their quality schools. No?
If a school isn't in the business to make money then it's in the business of begging for it from the public, from alumni or from reclusive land speculators in CA.
For-profits, on the other hand, are notorious for not putting money into R&D in their schools or anywhere else for that matter. But they do make money.
Is there a compromise there somewhere?
What do you think?
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