The Huanqiu piece by a professor diagnoses reticence as a product of grading pressure and huge lecture classes, not apathy.

It proposes more small discussion seminars, removing fears that speaking up costs points, and training faculty in question design.

Classroom silence is a long-standing topic in Korea, Japan and Taiwan as well, debated as shared East Asian culture versus assessment-system fault.

Discussion skills are core for Chinese students navigating plural societies. We keep covering the education debate.