@article{10.1680/mpal.2007.160.2.61,
    author = {Mills, G.},
    title = {Briefing: Engineering skills shortages in China — a personal view},
    journal = {Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law},
    volume = {160},
    number = {2},
    pages = {61-62},
    year = {2007},
    month = {05},
    abstract = {Two challenges from history illustrate how to mobilise an industry to face a major challenge: the engineering infrastructure for the Normandy landings and the establishment of the UK's motorway network. China has already applied the lessons learned from these challenges to undergraduate education, but the focus is now moving to professional development. A group of leading firms, academics and ICE is cooperating to tackle this problem. This is a small step on an arduous journey but to those who judge Chinese engineers only by where they are today and not where they have come from it would be worth remembering the following Zhuang Zi quotation from the 5th century BC. ‘When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a man, it always first frustrates his spirit and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, harasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to stimulate his spirit, toughen his nature and enhance his abilities.’},
    issn = {1751-4304},
    doi = {10.1680/mpal.2007.160.2.61},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.2007.160.2.61},
    eprint = {https://www.emerald.com/jmapl/article-pdf/160/2/61/2579112/mpal_2007_160_2_61.pdf},
}