labor - Training knowledge workers in China fails

Will Hickey paints a grim picture of the way how China largest assets, its people, are being training, today in Chinabiz. All parties involved suffer from largely misguided perceptions on their roles:

There is a large assumption about exactly who develops and how to develop talent
of both workforce and management in China. Foreign direct investment (FDI)
believes it to be local Chinese polytechnical schools and universities,
alternatively, the Chinese government looks for Western expertise to develop
their citizenry. A real time assessment shows that MNC management, whether
ex-patriate or Western educated Chinese management, believe consulting and
training companies in China can do the job. All three are misguided.