[TZubiri]

This is quite on brand for China. I think they are experts at reverse engineering and learning 'from context' rather than by formal consumption of foreign training material.

The fictional training data with a made up country and laws was a very interesting experiment design, I can imagine that's how they approach making business with other countries. Like an alien made up system they have to learn on the spot.

[yunohn]

> experts at reverse engineering and learning 'from context' rather than by formal consumption of foreign training material

China (as with other Asian cultures like India) is well known for their schooling involving extreme amounts of formal training material consumption. The reverse-engineering is performed with a solid foundation of theoretical understanding.

[ausbah]

everytime someone tries to split the hair on how China is pulling ahead on most important metrics reads like coping of the nth degree