text: China's success can be attributed, to an extent, on education (in addition to their low standard of living).  Large emphasis was placed on math/science education for retooling their once stagnated, Maoist country into a invigorated, reforming country.  The opening of China's markets and workforce is like opening Dutch dikes onto the plains below.    The shear capacity for growth was just overwhelming, you're trying to take a country from nothing under Mao to modernity.\n\nYou also have to remember that Mexico is a republic like the US, so any moves the government decides to make are going to be limited in both scope and depth.  China, conversely, is authoritarian, so they can ignore what they choose and implement what they want with impunity and overwhelming resources.\n\nI don't think we'll ever see economic growth like China underwent again.  Their growth will level off soon enough also.