China’s education system also suppresses innovation while rewarding imitation. Although some Chinese schools conduct innovative experimental education, they remain few and have little impact.From childhood to adulthood, Chinese students are subjected to rote learning—memorizing and obeying rather than questioning or thinking independently. Thus, while Chinese students and researchers excel at replication and refinement of existing work, they are poor at true creativity.
I completely agree that the nobel prize is eurocentric, and bad and racist but it’s worth noting that nobel prizes are usually awarded for 30 year old research, and China’s academic position 30 years ago is not even close to it’s current standing.