Full Idea
It is by no means clear that any human could manage to do what Searle imagines himself to be doing in the Chinese Room - that is, short of throwing away the rule book and learning some real Chinese.
Gist of Idea
The person couldn't run Searle's Chinese Room without understanding Chinese
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.100)
Book Reference
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.100
A Reaction
It is not clear how a rule book could contain answers to an infinity of possible questions. The Chinese Room is just a very poor analogy with what is envisaged in the project of artificial intelligence.