China is now a country where a high-school handyman has a master’s degree in physics; a cleaner is qualified in environmental planning; a delivery driver studied philosophy, and a PhD graduate from the prestigious Tsinghua University ends up applying to work as an auxiliary police officer.
These are real cases in a struggling economy - and it is not hard to find more like them.
Could very well be unfounded but in gaming circles there’s mention of Chinese people being raised to have a “win no matter what” mindset which leads them to cheat in video games.
Which is also a reason you see a lot of people call for region locking China.
Obviously it’s different to higher education but there is precedence in different circles.