[GeronL]

And yet the advances made by Chinese in fields of science, technology, art and culture in the past century amount to zilch.

You mean life affirming things?

[wagglebee]

The Chinese have really done nothing in the past century except provide an inexhaustible supply of nearly-free labor. They haven't invented anything, they haven't developed new technology, their entire economy is based on being able to make cheap knock-offs.