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Culture and high education in China

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  • Kai Du
  • Yinyin Cai

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This article analyses the relationship between culture and higher education in China with the help of the popular word 'zhuangbility', defined as a deliberate misleading during communication. Thus, a cost exists for searching for true information, which for many Chinese is too high, thus, forcing us to accept the veracity of a person's initial statement without the requisite information to distinguish truth from falsity. This is the 'soft knowledge' restraint. After first explaining the role of zhuangbility in ordinary Chinese culture, we use it to examine the inefficiencies of Chinese higher education. We conclude that in order to solve the problem of zhuangbility in China's higher education, institutional reform including the construction of efficient incentives is essential.

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  • Kai Du & Yinyin Cai, 2010. "Culture and high education in China," International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(4), pages 317-321.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijplur:v:1:y:2010:i:4:p:317-321
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    1. Menashy, Francine & Dryden-Peterson, Sarah, 2015. "The Global Partnership for Education’s evolving support to fragile and conflict-affected states," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 82-94.

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