{"id":155510,"date":"2026-08-02T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155510"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:00:18","slug":"discouraged-at-university-maths-star-wang-hong-spurs-chinese-education-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155510","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Discouraged\u2019 at university, maths star Wang Hong spurs Chinese education debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMany young students in China have been inspired by the achievement of Wang Hong, the first Chinese woman to receive the Fields Medal \u2013 the world\u2019s most prestigious prize in mathematics.<br \/>\nBut it is the 35-year-old\u2019s candid remarks about feeling \u201cdiscouraged\u201d in her early years at an elite Chinese university that appear to have struck the deepest chord.<br \/>\nThose comments have set off a broader debate about the country\u2019s education system and whether it provides the support students need to develop&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3362551\/discouraged-university-maths-star-wang-hong-spurs-chinese-education-debate?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMany young students in China have been inspired by the achievement of Wang Hong, the first Chinese woman to receive the Fields Medal \u2013&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155510"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}