I believe the Chinese culture is the antithesis of innovation, they are masters at following procedures, not at breaking the mold.<p>I had to train Chinese people myself in China, and I don&#x27;t know if you can innovate in the sciences without first innovating in the political arena. You have to change the mind of most Chinese and this takes generations.<p>I mean, if someone is intelligent enough to solve very hard problems, it is intelligent enough to know they first have to remove the chumps in power who makes bad decisions. There are lots of chumps in power in China.<p>Chinese educated in Canada, Europe or USA could improve the research done in China, but this people is equally dangerous to people in power.<p>When I was there, it was the beginning of the Chinese bubble, everybody was happy because everything, while bad, was improving. When times get tough, we will see.