Let old education order change, yielding place to new

It is in the interest of a peaceful world that China becomes strong and stable, and contributes to the global balance of powers. But its dependence upon foreign know-how is not contributing to this long-term goal, instead its intention of turning the country into a research and innovation base is a step in the right direction.

But can this be achieved under the existing education system? People can be mobilized to fight a pandemic, but not to become Albert Einsteins or Bill Gates.

What type of person is likely to be innovative or creative? Definitively not a docile, memorizing, yes-saying individual. The person has to be a free and literal thinker, and could have only been an average or poor student, or even a dropout. Such persons are often the difficult and eccentric types, undisciplined perhaps, who don't fit easily into strict hierarchical structures.