Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't.

Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by est on Monday October 04, 2010 @05:19AM (#1755097)

Chinese here. Did you know that China is run by assholes with an engineering degree? Seriously, Chinese officials tend to buy a degree to make themselves look more educated.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by whatajoke on Monday October 04, 2010 @05:41AM (#1755142)

Indian here. There are a few leaders in India who can't speak one coherent sentence in english, even though they have a masters degree in english,

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by skowmunk on Monday October 04, 2010 @06:04AM (#1755169)

I second that. India desperately needs better quality leaders.

(me injun)

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by balding_n_tired on Monday October 04, 2010 @05:17PM (#1757486)

American here. There are professors of English in the US who pride themselves on incomprehensibility. And let's not get started on the social scientists...

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by thesz on Monday October 04, 2010 @07:25AM (#1755298)

(from an exUSSR, with sympathy)

It was hard in USSR to buy degrees and many USSR leaders actually have degrees. But our former leaders successfully exploited various loopholes in the education process and got good grades for social/political activities, not for education achievements.

So all in all, those looking for power will find their way through any system.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by ww520 on Monday October 04, 2010 @06:45AM (#1755240)

Well we have G.W. gone to Yale, FWIW.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by hga on Monday October 04, 2010 @01:39PM (#1756512)

And then got a MBA from Harvard.

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