What is going wrong with Chinese higher education?

Eddie

This is the reason why the majority of Chinese grad-students lack 'critical thinking' abilities, the phrase (critical thinking) itself is even foreign to them. Hardly would you find it as a subject of study even in the so called prestigious universities as you put it. In China, original research in the arts is often frowned upon, reference is king

Chinese graduates dressed in academic gowns pose during a photography session at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on June 24, 2014. [Photo/IC]