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Cool story, Jennifer! Thanks.

Do I think this would work? I'm not sure. It does seem that some Chinese programmers have immigrated to the US and work successfully as hackers in companies here, so there must be some individuals of sufficient creativity to do at least that work. It is a challenge of building and communicating corporate culture, but I think that creativity *can* be nurtured in the right kind of institution. You're right in saying that it can't be built and budgeted like other products, but I think leveraging the competitive structure that people might already be used to could help it work. Ultimately, though, the real assurance is that China will someday need creativity in its economy. Perhaps not as much as the US does, but globalization will push China a little bit in that direction—for sure.