I thought this presentation was very eye opening. I had no clue that originally China was ahead in the Science  and technology. It is a great question, why didn’t China produce the science Revolution when they were so far ahead? Of the potential reasons: confucianism, imperial government, chinese language, geography, and peace theory I feel like I would find the imperial government option to be the most likely option. I feel like the population would not be motivated to invent, or improve because when they do it would not benefit them in a positive way. I would not want to make an invention that could improve my agricultural production if in the end that means my quota will rise and I will be expected to produce more. When I don’t produce more then the rest of society then I would be punished. I do not know anyone that would want to be put that in that situation.

The student led movement was ver concerning. I Know students punishing, beating, and killing their teachers would never fly in the U.S. or most other industrialized countries. If I were a teacher, or in the education industry I would either want to switch professions or leave the country. I know during this era there is a an extreme bias against education and intellects, but I feel that in general they are not valued. Imagine telling someone in the U.S. that a skilled labor worker could make more then an engineer, or something like that. Everyone would not understand. We put those that are intellectually on a higher level and those that create things in a higher social class. During the reform era in China I quote,”scientist and engineers are part of the working class.” My question is without a respect for education and science will China ever experience a real science revolution?