[sergeantdave]

The Chinese Supermen, who have created all the many inventions we enjoy today, including...uh, ummmm, uh...

The Chinese Supermen, who have invented and deployed the many awesome weapons for their armed forces, including,,,er, ah, hmmmmm...

The Chinese Supermen, whose brilliant scientists have created the folowing wonder drugs, including...uhh, um, er...

[logic]

The chinese have never been known for inventiveness or originality, but they can copy great. Just like Japan and Taiwan started out. After they get the economy stimulated with the huge trade surplus, then develop western type schooling to teach engineering (amoung other things) then look out, they will be a power to be reckoned with. Not that they are not now a power to be reckoned with, but after they advance a little more, they will be a power we will not be able to overcome.

The thing that chaps my hide is that we are funding our own overthrow as the leader of the world. Why we allow Chinese goods to be sold in this country with little to no import tax when the chinese tax our products going into china at about 1000% is not only stupid on our part, but I would call it abominable!! And the same thing goes on in so many other countries. Establishing trade treaties with other countries is one of the few things the constitution allows the federal government to do and it is one of the things they do the worst!! What would our economy be like if we had equal trade with all the other countries we trade with?? We are supposed to be for free trade, but what we have is nothing close to it! OK, OK I'll stop my rant, but only for now. I reserve the right to rant later...... : )

[Quix]

True, they didn't do much for 100's of years with

THEIR

--paper money
--gun powder
--block printing

etc.

However, underestimating their creativity, brilliance, persistence, determination to rule the world

would be foolish to the extreme.

[RogueIsland]

The Chinese Supermen, who have created all the many inventions we enjoy today, including...uh, ummmm, uh...

The Chinese had moveable type in 1045 A.D. They were making paper perhaps has early as 5 A.D., but certainly by 105 A.D. They invented Gunpowder in the eighth century. They were using magnetic compasses for marine navigation by the 11th century.

Say what you will about the Chinese, but they are not historically an ignorant or uninventive people.