Education in social sciences and humanities is particularly deficient, owing to lack of investment in these disciplines and excessive political control of curricula. As a result, Chinese graduate from colleges and universities having learned relatively little about the outside world in fields such as anthropology, sociology, international relations, comparative literature, and history.
由于在社会及人文科学领域缺乏投资和对课程实行过多政治控制，导致上述领域的教育尤其落后。结果导致中国的高校及大学毕业生在人类学、社会学、国际关系、比较文学和历史等领域对外界了解较少。除非改革僵化体制，否则中国将无法教育出足够数量的训练有素的人才参与全球顶级人才竞争。