Hanson you say there is no ingrained Confucian scholar model in China. The facts are Chinese students in middle school and high school are in school in class as early as 7am and leave class as late as 7pm 6 days a week and have been likened to the "Jews" of Asia in 1 valuing education and 2 managing money more wisely than their peers. Many of the highest achieving students in the West are Chinese students studying abroad. This is a result of the highly important value Chinese families place on education. Have you heard of "tiger mothers" ?  ;)