I recognize political propoganda too, but go into the deep dark basements at any large university science building and tell me what you see, hear, smell in those rooms (the ones with the real labs, real science isn't done in pretty offices with big windows)...You'll hear Mandarin and differing Indian dialects being spoken and smell lots of curry. They might not have our engineering capability right now, but they're education systems aren't concerned about feelz and what bathroom everyone is using. They are in it to win.