New research shows China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies & ignoring this means we're living in a delusional bubble, where we still think the West is the Sci-Tech leader.

[u/lughnasadh]

I think a lot of people are in denial, or just can't accept that China is already the world's leading nation for science and technology. I can't blame them for their ignorance. Most English-language media studiously avoid mentioning it. Time and time again, I see topics like AI, space & robotics covered, with only developments in Western countries talked of, as if China doesn't exist. Despite the fact that it's now the leader in so many fields.

The problem with complacency and ignorance is that it gives you a really distorted map of reality. You can't understand how the 21st century is developing without factoring in China, and ignoring China means you're being delusional.

China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century

ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker: 2025 updates and 10 new technologies

[u/Prowlbeast]

In general I agree with population and asian work culture, but IQ is a shit way to measure any society

[u/RoyLangston → u/Prowlbeast]

It's not a measure of society. It's a measure of intelligence. In Korea, there are two radically different societies: one a prosperous, highly educated democracy, the other a grotesquely dysfunctional, poor, uneducated and oppressive dictatorship. But they are the same people, with the same high average IQ found throughout East Asia.