Chinese Scholar Jin Canrong Criticizes Taiwan's 'Low Collective IQ': Information Censorship, Fears Taiwan's Return Would Lower Chinese Average Intelligence

This article reports on Vice Dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University of China Professor Jin Canrong's perspective on cross-strait relations in a Guangzhou lecture. Professor Jin criticized pro-independence advocates as 'foolish,' viewing China through outdated lenses. He claims to have discovered Taiwan as a 'closed island' with news consisting of 'garbage information,' suggesting Taiwanese who stay a month 'definitely become stupid.' He further proposed the concept of 'One Country, Two Intelligences,' suggesting an intelligence gap between the two sides, and worries Taiwan's return would lower Chinese people's average intelligence.