I'm from the world of concrete and so I know this to be true: in the last three years China has poured more concrete than the US poured over the hundred years of the twentieth century.
The world is turning on its axis, China is now ascendant.
And when it comes to universities, China rules. We'll all need to start learning Chinese as much of their research is in that language. Heh, I can read a little Japanese so I am at least familiar with Chinese characters. You know the type of thing, Chinese on the page looks like a chicken walked into a pot of ink and then wandered across the page. The good part of knowing this is that at least it's not as hard as English to learn.
