It seems like what people really want is to encourage American kids to study science and math and they are using the boogey man stories of foreign domination and excellence to somehow play into that narrative.
But no country is dominant forever.
China yes, but is there a lot of drug research coming out of India right now? Their pharma industry seems largely based around mass-producing generics.
That's fine, why shouldn't other countries do well and achieve success. There was a story about China offering a house and a huge research budget to a Chinese national who just graduated from a US school. And people were upset and kind of negative about it, but I think it is great that China can do it.
> American students may flock to India to get a better education at a fraction of the cost.
Yeah, it would be good to see more international cooperation. And it can and should come from other countries becoming centers of research and learning.
USA is projected to grow over 3%. China is projected to grow less than 2%.
At what point does China 'catch' USA? 3020?
We should expect more R&D from the rest of the world. China may lead the world in AI and space exploration. India in drug research. Billions of people will come out of poverty.
American students may flock to India to get a better education at a fraction of the cost.