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Re:How Chinese Education System Helps and Hurts China by wisty on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @10:09AM (#2891182)
What brilliant founders has the US produced in the last 10 years? Bugger all, except for Mark Zuckerberg, and a bunch who are not yet household names. China has only had a few years in which the average 20-something-year-old hacker had the resources to start a tech business. Even in China, many of the new tech businesses will not be famous yet.

Also, China's capital tends to be directed to "made-in-China" manufacturing, where they have a huge advantage. That leaves high-tech startups choked for funds. How many New York startups can you name really fast?

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Re:How Chinese Education System Helps and Hurts China by tomjen3 on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @12:21PM (#2891757)
Ten years is a little too short to see if somebody can build a company. Drew Huston springs to mind, though it might be too early to tell yet.
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