Loyalty is above quality when Chinese apply for jobs, and then connections outweigh skills/talent. The higher education in the country is just for the face. Many Chinese, thanks to their educational system, are some of the most narrow-minded people that I have ever met. Chinese uni students' essays are mostly full of uniformed views, statements without actual evidence, and often filled with naivety and plagiarism. It is hard to imagine how such upbringing can improve lives of people in years to come, but it is easy to guess how this kind of schooling may keep the ones in power empowered for ages.