At some point, however, China will surpass America in technology. We are not educating as many grad students in the sciences as they -- and India -- are.
"In China, flood of fake diplomas Cheating on international exams also said to be widespread," by Ted Plafker (IHT), October 15, 2002
http://www.iht.com/search.php?id=73671&owner=(IHT)&date=20021016130715
"BEIJING: Ever since it launched market-oriented reforms of its socialist educational system in the 1990s, the Chinese government has struggled to wean college students from their long-standing expectations of subsidized schooling, and persuade them instead that an advanced degree was worth paying for.
"For better or worse, that effort has succeeded. The good news is that today's Chinese students are gladly willing to shell out their own money in pursuit of diplomas. The bad news is that hundreds of thousands of them have opted to hit the streets and buy fake ones on the black market, rather than hit the books and earn real ones in the halls of academe. . . ." [end excerpt]
There are more links to cheating in Asian countries at www.aher.org/soaf_quick.php
or google for it. It's going on in India, also.
Would someone please explain how this is better than what we have?