Re: Development Race: China and India

On May 5, 8:17 pm, Wakalukong <wakaluk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 5, 4:26 pm, RichAsianKid <richasian...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > On May 4, 11:10 pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > > It will be nice if India can catch up with China.  We don't know the
> > > full consequences but it is probably good.  The key phrase is 'India
> > > is on the cusp of something big' which is the position Indian had
been
> > > stuck at for the past 60 years.
>
> > > Tiger economies are snapping at US heelsBut it's not clear whether
> > > Beijing or New Delhi will catch up first
>
> > > Richard Wachman
> > > The Observer,
>
> (snip)
> ----------
>
> Comparison between China and India is just a sideshow; the US is still
> the country to beat economically.  If we base our *****sment on how
> free and how open to talent an economy is and will be, then the US
> will still be ahead for a long time.  On present and foreseeable
> factors, the only ones who can cause America to topple from the top
> are Americans themselves.
>
> Wakalukong


From a person who have spent 20+ years in the US, I'll tell you that
US ain't _that_ free.

True, comparitively it's much freer than many Asian countries, but it
ain't free.

Many Asian students are NOT allowed admission to top schools such as
UCLA, Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Princeton and son on simply because they
are Asians. Racial discrimination? You bet.

But in the US, they turn the thing around --- accusing the Asians
being too bright, that the Asian kids are taking up all the slots,
causing the poor black kids to lose their chance on education.

Bull****? You bet.

But in the US, they turn THAT around again --- saying that they need
to reserve slots for the poor black kids because it is only "fair"
that the black kids got to study in Princeton. Having said that, those
black kids that got into the top schools just don't have the caliber
to compete. So how they finish school? What else? "Race Card", again.

They (black kids) get to graduate with inflated scores. But this time,
the one who inflated the scores aren't the lecturers, it's the school
admin who doctored the scoresheet (might as well calling it score****)
to let those black kids attain graduation.

Ever wonder why that Condoleezza Rice being so dumb yet can get top
honor degree? Read the above.

So now she got the post of the Secretary of State of the United States
of America.

Poor Uncle Sam.