Point of agreement with the author: China is doing very well (in urban areas) in the primary and secondary education that leads to sound knowledge of mathematics and basic physical science such that Chinese researchers can make many important observations in physical science, mathematics, and engineering. I have a lot of Chinese-language secondary level textbooks at home, and they are very good indeed.<p>Point of disagreement: "science" includes social science, particularly economics, and it is not at all clear that China's current political situation is congenial to further advances in precisely the "softer" sciences more connected to human behavior that are likely to be the big areas of advancement in the free world in coming years. As biology, sociology, economics, and other disciplines all harden up as they become more mathematically rigorous, China will be hobbled in advancing in those disciplines (compared to the West or to India) by scientists having to follow the party line on many issues of social policy.