Culture and high education in China
by Kai Du, Yinyin Cai
International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education (IJPEE), Vol. 1, No. 4, 2010

Abstract: 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.

Online publication date: Fri, 07-Jan-2011

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