The Education Trap (Why China Can't Produce a Steve Jobs) | Keyu Jin | Episode 9

Описание: 📘 Based on Keyu Jin’s The New China Playbook (2023) — Get the book → https://amzn.to/4o788g5

🎓 The Education Trap: Why China Can’t Produce a Steve Jobs
Every June, 13 million students sit for China’s ultimate test — the Gaokao, a national exam so intense that construction stops and ambulances wait outside schools. It’s a ritual that defines the world’s largest education system — a machine built for mastery, discipline, and obedience.

But there’s a paradox: if China produces so many brilliant minds, why has it produced no Steve Jobs, no Elon Musk, no world-shaping innovators?

In this talk, Keyu Jin unpacks the “Education Trap” — how the very system that powered China’s rise is now holding it back from its next leap.

In this talk, you’ll learn:
📘 How the Gaokao system created the world’s most disciplined but least creative workforce
🏭 Why China produces 8 million graduates a year — yet faces youth unemployment above 20%
⚙️ How over-education and under-skilling have led to Master’s graduates packing cigarettes
💡 Why the “Sea Turtles” (overseas-educated returnees) often conform instead of innovate
🚫 Why rebellion and risk-taking — the DNA of Steve Jobs — are filtered out of China’s system
🛏️ And how a new generation’s quiet rebellion — the “Lying Flat” movement — may be the beginning of real change

This isn’t a story about failure.
It’s a story about evolution — about how a nation built on test scores must now learn to reward creativity.

If China can escape its Education Trap, “Made in China” will finally become “Created in China.”

Disclaimer:
This video reflects an independent interpretation of the ideas discussed in the book. It was created for learning and analysis, and is not reviewed or endorsed by the author. The narration uses AI-generated voice for clarity and consistency.