[OldDeckHand]

"Where we turn out ethnic studies graduates they turn out electrical engineers. "

I read that they graduate more engineers per year, than we graduate total total students in all US post secondary disciplines, combined

Granted, I'm not sure they have the highest quality engineers graduating from their schools. In fact, I'm quite sure that they still send their best and brightest to the US for their studies, but still - that statistic is sobering, or it should be.

The point you make about "builders" is a good one. What adds insult to injury is that they're building those trains with our consumer dollars, while our manufacturing base is eroding. I'm not a protectionist, and MUCH of the US manufacturing failings may be laid directly at the feet of organized labor, but we should be demanding free trade bilaterally. If our markets are open to them, there's should be to us, without exception or limitation.

[artaxerces]

What a remarkable feat of engineering!!!

I wish we could build something like that. But unfortunately we lack the engineers/specialists due to an educational system that’s geared towards creating unproductive serfs.

[lewisfei]

in fact, USA laid out many limitation for the article to export to china. of course, china do it also. the difference is USA protect the techonology and china protect the employee opportunity