Summary Of The Educated Giant

As China emerges as a global power it is important to understand what role it will play and the security perceptions it has of both Asia and the world. The assumption that Chinese people are more intelligent in the classroom than other ethnic groups in America is a very common stereotype. America may have always appeared to be ahead of China in terms of schooling but recently, China has decided to improve their education standards in hopes to increase their living standards as well. In the article, “The Educated Giant” by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times, he states that china’s education system is starting to surpass us and that we Americans need to raise our own standards, his reason are that Chinese stu¬dents are hungrier for education