For both Yang Wei and his country this was probably a blessing in disguise. If he had gotten into Tsinghua or Beida he might not have ended up working at CAC.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VI
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SinoSoldier
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Blessing for the country, maybe, but a guy of his intelligence, effort, and attitude would've gone very far with a degree from PKU or Tsinghua. The reason why he is so distinguished at CAC is because of his own work, not CAC itself.
I'm sure he would have done just fine at either PKU or Tsinghua, and perhaps even would have made a lot more money, but there are very few life achievements that can top being a father of one of your country's most advanced aerospace projects.
One of the main reasons he is so distinguished isn't just because he himself has done work worthy of distinction, but because the organization he works for has accomplished things worthy of distinction (and indeed has been able to earn responsibilities that grant greater distinction because of those accomplishments). It's also very difficult to have as much success as Yang Wei has had at CAC without a matching degree of competence and capability in your organization and peers. While Yang Wei has obviously played a very large role in both his own personal successes and the successes CAC, it would be remiss to treat his success only as singular and independent. The man, as obviously capable as he is, did not lift up CAC by himself.
Jura The idiot
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I've been wondering if he looks like a nerd, but LOL I don't know what's the Chinese stereotype of a nerd
looking at this picture from Yesterday at 10:21 PM
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I've been wondering if he looks like a nerd, but LOL I don't know what's the Chinese stereotype of a nerd
No, he's not a nerd, he's a cool Dude, and good for Chinese military fans that he ended up at Chengdu, but please, lets not forget Dr. Song,, people seem not to hold Dr. Song in the high esteem he deserves.. Dr. Song is China's "Kelly Johnson". Yang Wei had lots of help to get where he's at, and I'm very impressed....
Absolutely, and lets not forget Dr. Song!
PiSigma
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Meh... Nothing new there, but gave him a little too much credit. He is smart and actually very hard working. Meet him once when he took my uncle and family out for dinner. My uncle trained him back in the day when they worked on jf-17 together. There are a lot of chiefs in 611, almost like team leaders in other companies. Before retirement, my uncle is also a chief, for which area I will not disclose, so he won't get invited for tea. A lot of the best guys at 611 no one outside will know, they have high level guys (but not highest) like yang wei to be the spokesman.
Very true. Dr. Song was actually Yang Wei's mentor at CAC and quite literally took Yang Wei under his wings. Once Yang Wei almost decided to study and work overseas due to lack of a promising future with CAC or indeed China's aviation industry. He also at some point branched out to start a software company to earn some extra money. Chinese defense industry were starved for funding at the time. Luckily, Dr. Song saw his talent and convinced him to stay with CAC and gave him more responsibilities in FC-1 and J-10 projects, two of the few high-visibility defense programs at the time.
Dr. Song is highly regarded in China's defense community, indeed, even nationally.
AssassinsMace
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In China Bill Gates gets the rock star treatment. There's no such thing as a "nerd" in China as in the popular culture context.
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