Re:China Frets: Innovators Stymied Here
by gurkendoktor on Monday October 10, 2011 @03:44AM
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> "It's not that Chinese are not smart or don't have the potential. Look at Jerry Yang of Yahoo Inc. and Steve Chen of YouTube," he said, referring to the two Internet entrepreneurs who were both born in Taiwan and migrated to the U.S. at young ages.
This quotation is put into a weird context in the article. I guess what Kai-Fu Lee is saying is that ethnic/cultural Chinese have potential. But much of the article is about the political and economic framework of China as the country, and there is a difference between China and Taiwan IMHO. Arguably, it was not as big when Yang and Chen emigrated, but it muddles the point a bit.
This quotation is put into a weird context in the article. I guess what Kai-Fu Lee is saying is that ethnic/cultural Chinese have potential. But much of the article is about the political and economic framework of China as the country, and there is a difference between China and Taiwan IMHO. Arguably, it was not as big when Yang and Chen emigrated, but it muddles the point a bit.