The aforementioned post neglects to address the intriguing paradox of a nation whose students consistently excel in PISA assessments, yet exhibit a comparatively mediocre performance when it comes to Nobel Prize achievements (a Chinese obsession). This paradox, a matter of keen interest in China, was notably explored by Cong Cao in a thought-provoking paper published in the Minerva journal. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11024-014-9249-y.pdf
A retired researcher from the University of Melbourne proposed that the Chinese education system bears responsibility for this phenomenon, attributing it to the system's tendency to perceive students' inquiries as a negative aspect:
"on the Chinese educational system, a question asked
by a student at Chinese schools might mean one of the following two things: (1)
the student is silly and did not understand what the teacher already explained
(and what everybody else understood), or (2) the student is too ambitious and
wants to show a teacher in a bad light–that the teacher cannot answer a new
question"http://www.josephjordania.com/files/A-HUMAN-STORY-COMPLETE-2020-7-7.pdf
