Saturday, December 10, 2011

Some Differences Between The U.S. And China


China: Making The US Defense Complex Look Like A Bastion Of Honesty And Logic -- Murdoc Online

I’ve been working with Chinese (mainland and Taiwanese) for close to 20 years now. I currently have a team of engineers in both mainland China and in Taiwan under my chain of command. I’ve spent months one-on-one with many of them as they have come here to the US for training, and I talk with them almost every day.

One thing I can say is that while they have a gazillion folks with engineering degrees, they have very few decent engineers. Good technicians, for sure. But give them a new problem, and nothing ever happens. I think this is more cultural than genetic, because there are quite a few decent engineers in Taiwan, who come form the same gene pool. They just have 40 more years of experience with capitalism under their belts, and they understand the importance of making a decision.

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My Comment:
I have been going to China regularly since the mid 1980s .... Murdoc is 100% right.

1 comment:

Murdoc said...

Thanks for the link and appreciate the seconding of this, but I want to make clear that it was not written by me but by one of my readers. That is all.

Keep up the good work.