Rasism comes from not being open and friendly to people you think are somehow different.
What does hate of ras has relevance here?
Consider the science contests from high school called science olympiads, where big scientists like Grigori Perelman and Terence Tao have competed, contests where things like the ones you mentioned (innovation, creativity, etc.) play a huge part for the results, let's say the two most relevant subjects for computer science (informatics and mathematics):
Historic results for all countries on the IMO (mathematics):
http://imo-official.org/results.aspx
Last results for gold medal on the 2009 IOI (informatics):
http://www.ioi2009.org/index.jsp?id=414&ln=2
As you can see, at least in these competitions, China DOES seem to be better than USA (than all countries in fact), while India seems a more mediocre country like you comment.
'The fear is that if you pursue computer science, you will be stuck in a basement, writing code. That is absolutely not the reality.'
Hey, THAT is my reality, you insensitive clod!
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