Forum Trends: Is the West's education better than China's?

drdrake007 (US)

There is a big difference between being a good student and being someone who innovates and creates. The Chinese system is structured to produce followers. They will learn a skill well, in fact become master of that skill. However, rarely do we see true innovators emerge from China. Why is that? Looking at a country that has a long history and a vast population you would think most of today's innovations would be continuously streaming from there. Instead they capitalize on technologies already produced in other countries. I'm sure the Chinese system will improve with time but for now that is the true difference between the two systems. The Western system does a better job creating independent thinkers.

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