“The Chinese don’t get creativity, right? Sure, they can stamp out a widget, or knock off a DVD, but when it comes to imagination, they just don’t have the gene. Well, keep telling yourself that.”

In Summary - No China is not content to be the factory to the globe.. The Next Cultural Revolution - Fast Company

Lovin It - The Chinese Creative Industries - China Daily

“Even the Chinese will tell you that they’ve been good at making the next new thing, and copying the next new thing, but not imagining the next new thing. That may be about to change.”
Read the Economist’s View on the Creative Creation of Creativity in China Here

Interesting to read about the revival and application of indigenous/cultural creativity seen in history today. Similar discussions in India. Read an article here about Patrick Dodson who has become an evangelist for Indian Creativity who says it is time to unleash it - in particular in the multimedia arena.

Dodson says, “From what I understand, most of your primary and secondary education systems are math-logic oriented with little or no input in the areas of art, music and creative expressions. This combined with an inherited commonwealth ‘blending in’ attitude stifles the growth of an individual—and thus the nation.” Read more Creativity in multimedia: Why Indias talent is underutilised here