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I STRONGLY DISAGREE with the perceived association between test emphasis and lack of innovation, but I agree that some Asian countries have developed an entirely unhealthy and stressful test prep situation with a high student suicide rate. It's not an innovation issue, it's a lifestyle/mental health issue.

Research and development requires ginormous funding. Up until recently, Asian countries were not wealthy enough to invest that much. Many still aren't, just like European countries, even though these nations are first world nations. You know who has become a major research investor? China. China is a major player in many fields of scientific research. In medical research, or example, I now come across a lot of high quality peer-reviewed articles from Chinese labs that are advancing multiple fields of medicine. In drone/EV/unmanned flight tech, they have hundreds of very interesting prototypes, more than in the EU and the US. I say this as a non-Chinese Asian! Japanese are still leaders in robotics.

The creativity and innovation you think is lacking is not stifled at all by focusing on test scores. It's just that it's nice to include a more balanced set of factors to select students, to make sure we aren't leaving out some gifted people who may have other skill sets than pure math or language, and to avoid making childhood miserable.

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