by Yong Zhao
Hilton
Hitler, Adolf
Hofstadter, Douglas
Holdren, John
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America (Friedman)
“How China Will Change the Global Political Map” (Jacques)
Hu Jintao
Hu Yaobang
Hunan People's Press (People's Republic of China)
I
IBM
Imperial China. See China (Imperial China)
Independent (UK newspaper)
Industrial Revolution: Great Britain's; keju system as cause of Chinese failure to start; strength of Imperial China prior to the
Innovation. See Chinese innovation
Invention patent category
J
Jacques, Martin
Japan: decline of Imperial China and role of; education system of; River Elegy (documentary) popularity in; Sino-Japanese wars between China and
Japan as Number One: Lessons for America (Vogel)
Jaques, Martin
Jesuit missionaries
Jiang Xueqin
Jiang Zemin
Jin dynasty (265–420) [Imperial China]
Jing, Emperor (Imperial China)
Jing Guanta
Jinggangshan University (People's Republic of China)
Jinshi scholar-official (imperial China)
Johns Hopkins University
Journal of Zhejiang University-Science
“Junk patents” (xiao congming or small cleverness)
K
Kai-ming Cheng
Kang Youwei
Kangxi, Emperor (Qing dynasty)
Keju system (Imperial China): Bagu or Baguwen format of; conservative thinking and homogeneity reinforced by; Emperor Guangxu's decree to end the; fostering obedience; “Golden Scroll” announcement of winners of; held as responsible for decline of Chinese empire; Mao Zedong's desire for a new educational paradigm freed from; meritocracy born through the; Mongols and Manchu rulers adoption of the; origins as form of social control; as reason for failure to start Industrial Revolution and China's decline; scholar-officials created through the; tragedy of change without difference outcome of. See also China (Imperial China)
KFC
Kreiner, Svend
Kristof, Nicholas
Krugman, Paul
Kuang Heng
Kurlantzick, Joshua
L
Learning: CEM program objective as Western technological; employee-oriented education valuing “should be,”; entrepreneur-oriented education valuing “what would be,”; external incentives for Chinese students for
The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education (Stevenson and Stigler)
Lee, Bruce
Leeb, Stephen
Lenovo
Levin, Henry
Li Hongzhang
Li Keqiang
Li Xiannian
Liebniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Likonomics economic policies (2013) [China]
The Limits of Growth (Hofstadter)
Lin, Justin Yifu
Liu Chuanzhi
Liu Tao
Lloyd, William Forster
Lou Jiwei
Loveless, Tom
Lu Buxuan
M
Ma Licheng
Macartney, Lord George
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Zedong: Chinese Community Party meeting (1978) ending dogmatic ideology of; death (1976) of; failure of his revolution against testing; his desire for a new educational paradigm freed from keju tradition; Jinggangshan revolutionary base of; modeling the PRC after First Emperor's autocratic rule; People's Republic of China (1949) founded by; “pink butterflies” (September 1, 2013) of bills with portrait of
Mao Zedong School (or Maotanchang Secondary School): exam prep teaching focus of the; expensive tuition for attending; parents of students; student workload at; teachers of; test scores of; township support of the; Zhuangyuan cards (cell phone cards) provided to students of. See also Chinese schools
Marx, Karl
Math Olympiad (People's Republic of China)
McDonald's
“Medical journals” scam (2009–2013) [China]
Meet the Press (NBC news show)
Meiji Restoration (1868 to 1912)
Mencius
Mendoza, Mark Emmanuel
Meritocracy: China (People's Republic of China) adoption of; Chinese college admission bonus points based on; keju system giving birth to the idea of
Miller, Alice
Ming Dynasty (14th century) [Imperial China]
Modernization: CEM program as exemplifying China's journey to innovation and; China's recent “harmony and innovation” concept of; PRC's disastrous Self-Strengthening Movement attempt at. See also Chinese innovation; Western technology
“More Than Just Test Scores” (Levin)
Morrison, Hugh
Motorola
Museum of Chinese Revolution (Beijing)
N
“Naked tests,”
National Board for Education Sciences
National Center for Education and the Economy (NCEE)
National Education Association
Nature journal
Needham, Joseph
New Republic
New York Times: Friedman's columns for the; Nicholas Kristof on Confucian reference for education; Paul Krugman's op-ed piece on China (2013); reporting on Beverly Hall's “rule by fear,”; reporting on Chinese students' performance; Zhang Weiwei's op-ed on meritocracy in the
New York University's Shanghai campus
Newsweek magazine
Nian Guangjiu
Nichols, Sharon
No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
Noble prize winners
Northrop, Birdsey Grant
Nouveau mémoire sur l'état présent de la Chine (Comte)
Nye, Joseph S., Jr.
O
Obama administration: Common core State Standards Initiative supported by the; granting state waivers while under spell of authoritarianism; on out-educating China in order to outcompete China; Race to the Top initiative (2009) of; “Sputnik moment” response to Chinese PISA results by
Obama, Barack
Olympic Games (2008) [China]
Opium Wars: First Opium War (1842); Second Opium War (1858); superiority of Western technology during the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Oriental Perspectives (Chinese news magazine)
Outlook Weekly
P
Parents. See Chinese parents
Patents. See Chinese patents
The Pathology of Chinese Education (Zheng)
Pearson Foundation
Peking University (People's Republic of China)
People's Daily (PRC newspaper)
People's Republic of China (PRC). See China (People's Republic of China, PRC); China (PRC since 1978)
People's University (or Renming University of China)
Pepsi
Pew Research Center survey (2012)
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition (1876)
“Pink butterflies” event (September 1, 2013)
PISA According to PISA: Does PISA Keep What It Promises?; three basics of Chinese education explaining high Shanghai PISA scores
PISA (Program for International Student Assessment): assessing cognitive skills instead of creativity; criticisms of; description of; high scores of Shanghai students; illusions of Chinese education excellence and quality based on scores of; modern Sinophilism brought by Chinese student scores on; Rasch statistical model used to produce country rankings; Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for the United States (OECD) on; student self-blame related to country rankings; Svend Kreiner's criticism of flawed data of; William Stewart's article questioning problems with data of the. See also High-stakes testing
; Plagiarism
“Poisonous pedagogy” principles: Alice Miller on the dangers of; Chinese educational system as based on; David Gribble satire on school following
Porter, Noah
Power: Shanran practice of power transition in ancient China; soft versus hard
Prisoner's dilemma: of Chinese education reform; four options of the classic
Procter & Gamble
Psychometrika journal
Publications. See Chinese research publications
Q
Qin Shi Huang (First Emperor B.C.) [Imperial China]
Qing dynasty (AD 1644–1911) [Imperial China]: Chinese Education Mission (CEM) program of the; decline of the; efforts to “restore” Confucian tradition while failing to secure Western technology; From East to West: Chinese Travellers before 1911 series of writings from scholars of; keju system used until abolished (1905) by the; Meiji Restoration (1868 to 1912) started by; restored in 1917 for only twelve days; Self-Strengthening Movement of; Sino-Japanese wars between Japan and; Tong Wen Guan established (1862) offering Western language training. See also China (Imperial China)
Qiushi (Hongqi Wengao) magazine (Chinese Communist Party)
Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland)
Quesnay, François
R
Race to the Top initiative (2009)
Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act
Ramo, Joshua Cooper
Rapid Search Method and Its Dictionary (Wu patent)
Rasch statistical model
Ravitch, Diane
Reagan, Ronald
A Really Good School (Gribble)
Red Alert: How China's Growing Prosperity Threatens the American Way of Life (Leeb)
Renming University of China (or People's University)
Republic of China (Taiwan): Chiang Kai-shek's rule (1917 to 1975) of; evolution into a multiparty democracy; “Goodnow Constitution” (1914) first draft of new republic of; Qing dynasty restored for twelve days in 1917 just prior to establishment of; retreating from China to Taiwan; second constitution draft based on Goodnow's 1915 memorandum. See also China (Republic of China, 1911)
Research publications. See Chinese research publications
Rhee, Michelle
Ringmar, Saga
River Elegy (documentary)
Romero, Linda
S
Schleicher, Andreas: on Chinese society's investment in education; on Chinese students' self-blame when their fail; countering Kreiner's charges about PISA scoring; PISA chief promoting test as gold standard of education; “poisonous pedagogy” principles endorsed by; praising Chinese students for taking responsibility for their own learning; praising high PISA scores of Chinese students; promoting hard work as path to success
Scholar-officials (Imperial China): Jinshi degree of; keju system and imperial examination to become; Kenneth Winston's description and admiration of; xiucai titles granted to successful
Schuman, Michael
Science and Civilisation series (Cambridge University Press)
Science journal
Scientific publications. See Chinese publications
Second Opium War (1858)
Seelye, Julius
Self-Strengthening Movement (People's Republic of China)
Self-Strengthening Movement (Qing dynasty)
Series into the Future
Shangahi Jiaotong University (People's Republic of China)
Shangahi students. See Chinese students
Shanghai Securities News
Shanghai's education system
Shanran practice of power transition (ancient China)
Sheng Yang
Sheraton
Shi Yuzhi
Shu Taifeng
Singapore: admired education system of; Krugman's predictions on end of rapid economic growth in
Singapore National University
Sino-Japanese wars
Sinomania
Sinophilism: attributes praised by the Enlightenment; development into Sinomania; high Chinese student PISA scores creating modern wave of; Jesuit missionaries creating wave of; shifting to Western Sinophobia
Sinophobia
Sjøberg, Svein
Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (Nye)
“Soft power” concept
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An American Agenda for Education Reform (NCEE)
Stevenson, Harold
Stewart, William
Stigler, James
Stories of Xiaogang Village (Chen and Wu)
Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for the United States (OECD)
StudentsFirst
The Study of Pork Marketing (Lu Buxuan)
Su Qin
Sui dynasty (AD 581–681) [Imperial China]
Sun Jing
Sun Kang
Sun Yat-sen
Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems (Tucker)
Swiss PISA ranking
Sze Kin Yung (“Sydney C. Shih”)
T
Taiwan. See Republic of China (Taiwan)
Taizong, Emperor (imperial China)
Tang dynasty rebellion (Imperial China)
Taoist thinking
Teachers College, Columbia University
Technology. See Western technology
Telegraph (UK newspaper)
Testing. See High-stakes testing
Texas Education Agency
Third Plenum of the Central Committee (Chinese Communist Party) [1978]
Thirty Years of Battle: Personal Experiences with the Four Great Debates of Reform and Opening-up (Ma Licheng)
Tian Lipu
Tiananmen Square protests (1989) [China]
Time magazine: “The Beijing Consensus” (Ramo) published in; “China Takes on the World” article in; Michael Schuman writing on China's growth model; Michelle Rhee's cover on
Times Education Supplement (TES) magazine
Tong Wen Guan (Chinese education institution)
Tong Zhiguang
Topcoder
Toyota
Tragedy of the commons: Chinese education reform without creating a; description and meaning of
Transparent school admissions
Treaty of Nanjing (1842)
Tshinhua High School (People's Republic of China)
Tsinghua University High School (People's Republic of China)
Tucker, Marc
Tufts University
Twain, Mark
21st Century Education Research Institute
U
United Kingdom: admiration for Chinese education in the; decline of Imperial China and role of Great Britain; Industrial Revolution experienced in; Opium War (1842) between China and nineteenth-century. See also Western countries
United States: cheating scandals plaguing the; China projected to overtake economy of the; Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) of the; concerns over competition with China by the; cultural assumption that achievement comes from innate ability in the; Deng Xiaoping's visit (1979) to the; Friedman's desire for America to be China “for a day,”; high-stakes testing and accountability system driving cheating scandals; Pew survey on concern about China's economic strength in the; tragedy of continued support for high-stakes testing in the; warned about the dangerous consequences of authoritarian education. See also Western countries
University of Michigan
University of Oslo
University of Sydney
University of Texas
University of Utah
Upward accountability: as barrier to Chinese innovation; description and consequence of
US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (2013)
US Department of Education
Utility model patent category
V
Vietnam
Vogel, Ezra
Volkswagen
Voltaire (François-Marie Ar
ouet)
W
Waiting for Superman (documentary)
Walmart
Wang Zhen
Warring States period (476–221 BC) [Imperial China]
Weber, Max
Wen, Emperor (Imperial China)
Wenzhou region (People's Republic of China)
West Point
Western countries: admiration of imperial China by seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; authoritarian system as attractive alternative to democracy of; decline of Imperial China and role of; domination of; historic efforts to influence and Westernize China by; increased interaction between China (1990s to present) and; misplaced admiration of Chinese education model for; shift from Sinophilia to Sinophobia by; threat of infatuation with China's educational system by; unlikelihood of Chinese military conflicts with; warning to not follow the path of China; why we must not emulate Shanghai. See also United Kingdom; United States
Western culture: Coca-Cola as representing; continued Chinese resistance (1983 to 1989) to; imported into modern China; increased influence on China (1990s to present) of; Qing dynasty's Chinese Education Mission (CEM) program students' embrace of; Republic of China (1911) continued distrust of
Western democracy
Western technology: China's Westernization movement following Opium Wars; continuing problem of Chinese Confucian tradition conflict with; imported into modern China; paradigm shift in Western education to keep up with; Qing dynasty “restoring” Confucian tradition efforts while failure to secure; Qing dynasty's Chinese Education Mission (CEM) program to focus on learning; superiority during the Opium Wars. See also Chinese innovation; Modernization
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order (Jacques)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy