Hi~

Recently, a Chinese blogger, or a retired Harvard professor, expressed worries (in English) about the reputation of Chinese scholars, due to a recent critical article from The Economist; see also the blog article (in Chinese) directed me to the links above. I do not object the so-called concept of `patriotism', nor do I favor it. But, I'm surprised at the slang interpretation of `SCI' appearing on the level of a formal (?) magazine.

Putting that aside, I think that it is not only a problem of the evaluation system, but also a problem of the people. If they all refuse to adapt the improper evaluation system, more genuine scholars will appear on this land. As I argued earlier in the working group in my school, the more I adapt to the criterion of a developing university in a developing country, the more I would be far away from being developed. That's why I thought & think it's better for the collective be integrated into me. It may sound arrogant, but I would hold fast my criterion: slow but solid; if something have rotted in my belly, I take it nothing. Indeed, I feel that many of my efforts have been `evaporated' by the colleagues who do not have any ambition. Yes, I have expressed that many of them held an ideal as big as a bowl. That is the right point to be worried about.