I have found that the Chinese that I have worked with can pass a test and get good grades but when it comes to common sense, creative thinking or problem solving in real world issues and not text book type examples, they are dumb as a door nail. Also No social skills at all. Sorry but that’s my experience.
Kek, Kek… True. It’s a bit funny and I’m not trying to just bash, I have Chinese friends and like u said not stupid, very smart in understanding complex issues. They just think of the next result and not the next problem. Kind of like chess only 1 move ahead thinking just to get the solution but not anticipating the next problem with that.