[JohnSmithee]

"Don't forget they are decades behind us in every military category"

I thought they were up to date when it came to the modeling of nuclear weapons. They seem to be up to date in a number of areas, at least from the time the Clinton presidency ended.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

China plans to put own version of Hubble space telescope in place by 2005*** BEIJING (AFP) - China, gripped by space fever as it prepares to send its first man into orbit this week, plans to have its own version of NASA's Hubble space telescope in place by 2005. The project, which was originally hatched by the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1992, is now the focus of two research groups working to meet the timetable, the Beijing Star Daily reported.

The Chinese telescope will be about one meter (three feet) in diameter, weigh two tonnes and have a lifetime of three years, according to the paper. The report comes as the world's most populous nation is eagerly waiting to become the third country to put a man into space after Russia and the United States. ***

[Quix]

For 20-30 years now, they've been insisting on purchasing the very latest and best in technology for their universities, research orgs, government etc.

And, what they couldn't purchased, they've been relentlessly stealing.

And they use the cream of the crop of 1.2 billion people to do their own research building on what they've purchased and stolen. And they are not a stupid people!