China Plans to Surpass the U.S. in Nanotech Development

SoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China is making major investments in nanotechnology. Their aim is to 'leapfrog' past the United States in technological development by focusing on long-ranging scientific goals. So far, the Chinese government has poured about $400 million into the young field of research. Considering the low cost of equipment and labor over there, that is a very large sum of money, and China's investment is expected to 'rise considerably.'"

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I sense a disturbance in The Force...

[flajann]

Really, all "great" nations that have had their day in the sun never stay there forever. The US is no different. Why should this come as a surprise? Who props up the US debt these days? Who has the US by its financial balls? Hello! Is anyone paying attention?

I personally welcome China in its rise to technological and ecomonic dominance. The US had its chance and has failed miserably. Them are the breaks. The US still hasen't figured out that in the 21st century, it is not military might that will win the day, but ecomonic might.

But the death-thoes of the US has been clearly visible for awhile now. Notice how the stuborn US continues to try to push for military solutions to geopolitical problems, and makes big fanfare on beating up small countries that could not hope to poise a real military threat to the US.

What's scary is that the US people seem to think this is a "good thing", this big bully on the block beating up all the little kids and thinking that that in and of itself makes "America Strong". How utterly pathetic, how utterly puerile, and how utterly futile.

China has the right idea -- allow the US to waste all of its borrowed money on building something that has no return -- the military -- whilst it uses its smarts and invest in new technologies and projects that will have a return.

The public schools in the US are abysmal with regards to the rest of the world. The US doesn't even see it as fit to invest in the stock of its own young. This too is also very telling.

Not to mention the rise of religious fundamentalism in the US, which attacks science every chance it gets. Yet another bone-head move for the US.

You know what? You get what you frelling deserve. Wake up and smell the coffee. Me? I'm going to start studying my Manderain, so at least I'll have a chance to survive and hang on when reality hits the idiots.