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97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed

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Polymaths Quote - The Song China Bit

For a good 500 plus years, it was like one of the richest places in the world. It had incredible amounts of scholarship. Indian mathematics ended up going into this big caliphate sort of melting pot box. The Chinese examination system is very important for understanding Chinese culture and the approach to politics. And then that has changed the way that they think about examinations. That's changed the way they think about education. This is why if you go to China, if you have Chinese students, you realize there's a massive difference between them and someone who might be European.

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