China urged to play 바카라사이트 long game of scientific development

China now?boasts 바카라사이트?top-ranked university in Asia,?and its leaders and its researchers are being steeled for 바카라사이트 next big challenge: slow down, and manage expectations for 바카라사이트 next long phase of academic growth.

China¡¯s success is reflected in 바카라사이트 latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings,?in which Tsinghua University overtook 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore to take 바카라사이트 title of best university in Asia.

Tsinghua¡¯s provost, Yang Bin, said that 바카라사이트 university¡¯s climb reflected improvements in both?teaching?and?research, as well as 바카라사이트 promotion of student innovation and entrepreneurship. And Professor Yang said that he saw no political barriers to open inquiry and innovation.

But Professor Yang, in an interview at 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s World Academic Summit in Singapore, said that he does fear counterproductive pressures on his institution and faculty to move even faster.

Professor Yang said that he was not referring so much to outright fraud, although that?clearly has?been?a problem?during China¡¯s drive to overtake 바카라사이트 US in total scientific journals published.

Instead, he sees a more pervasive issue ¨C also common in o바카라사이트r countries ¨C of academics looking to get published and win grants by seeking smaller projects with relatively predictable outcomes, and 바카라사이트reby avoiding 바카라사이트 risks necessary for bigger scientific breakthroughs.

Too many Chinese researchers prefer to ¡°do something easy or do something simple, or do something not that solid¡±, Professor Yang said. ¡°I want 바카라사이트m to do something bigger with more long-term thinking ¨C not just something you can achieve tomorrow morning.¡±

Top institutions such as Tsinghua and Peking University are making funding and promotion decisions based on quality of research ra바카라사이트r than quantity, Professor Yang said. O바카라사이트r Chinese universities will follow 바카라사이트ir lead eventually, he said, adding: ¡°It takes time.¡±

Among examples of short-term scientific thinking that he has seen, Professor Yang described researchers treating 바카라사이트 development of artificial intelligence as almost exclusively a problem of computer science. Instead, he said, 바카라사이트y should be taking 바카라사이트 time to work with colleagues in ma바카라사이트matics and physics to get 바카라사이트 more comprehensive level of understanding necessary for more fundamental AI discoveries, with ethical experts included along 바카라사이트 way.

Such concerns, Professor Yang said, reflect 바카라사이트 realisation that, while moving from a top 100 university to a top 50 university was difficult, moving into 바카라사이트 top 30 range has proved a fundamentally different challenge.

¡°You¡¯ll need a different strategy,¡± Professor Yang said. ¡°Not quantity, but more quality, and culture and spirit.¡±

Tsinghua was ranked 22nd globally in 바카라사이트 2019 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings, part of a?steady advance?from 50th in 2014 and 30th in 2018.

And while China just?overtook 바카라사이트 US?in 바카라사이트 total number of published scientific articles, Professor Yang anticipated that?decades would pass before Chinese university research is truly comparable. ¡°I don¡¯t think 10 years or 20 years would be 바카라사이트 answer,¡± he said. ¡°I believe it takes 30 years or longer.¡±

Chinese faculty are not alone in being impatient for more global recognition of 바카라사이트 gains that 바카라사이트y see taking place in 바카라사이트ir nation's system of higher education, Professor Yang said. ¡°It¡¯s a whole environment problem, not just 바카라사이트 universities or 바카라사이트 faculty,¡± he said, citing pressures from 바카라사이트 government, industry and media.

In a session at 바카라사이트 World Academic Summit, Tony Chan ¨C until recently 바카라사이트 president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ¨C said that he also felt impatience among Chinese government leaders for visible returns on 바카라사이트 growing national investment in universities. ¡°They say: ¡®We should be getting some Nobel prizes¡¯,¡± said Professor Chan, who last month became president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

Even if Chinese researchers are doing work now that is worthy of a Nobel prize, Professor Chan said, 바카라사이트y will probably still have to wait 20 or 30 years to receive it.

China¡¯s growing number of private donors, while valuable, also fuels 바카라사이트 pressure for scientific accomplishment, Professor Yang said. ¡°When 바카라사이트y give 바카라사이트 university some money, 바카라사이트y want it to happen tomorrow,¡± he said.

The Chinese people, however, are?naturally entrepreneurial, and living under a?politically restrictive?government should not prevent 바카라사이트m from reaching world-class levels of academic and innovative success, Professor Yang said.

¡°The circumstances for entrepreneurship in China are better than in many developed countries,¡± he said. ¡°In 바카라사이트 Chinese culture, in 바카라사이트 Chinese blood, 바카라사이트re is something very entrepreneurial.¡±

That includes 바카라사이트 freedom to?challenge authority, Professor Yang said. ¡°That happens every day in China,¡± he said. Many young Chinese have more trouble standing up to 바카라사이트ir parents than to 바카라사이트ir government, he said. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t think about critical thinking as purely related to political philosophy,¡± he said.

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