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.
No worries. The Nobels are almost refreshing in how open they are about how much they sucked, and it sort of lets them get away with still being shit. The Nobel Prizes are a PR coup unlike any other.