Comment Re:Duh - Who else would have done it? (Score 1) 382
No, they don't. Most Chinese live in poverty, only dreaming of the luxury of higher education.
China is also home to the largest middle class population of any nation, already exceeding 300 million people and growing rapidly. Most Chinese by percentage of China as a whole may still live in poverty, but in absolute terms, the Chinese middle class is the size of the ENTIRE POPULATION of the United States. Considering a larger middle class, and a greater societal emphasis on academic excellence, it's not far fetched to think that China may have a larger population (in absolute terms) of well educated young adults than the US.