It should come as no surprise that the global IT markets have an increasing Asian presence. It has long been held that educational systems in countries like China and Japan place a greater premium on math and science than the US. The accuracy of that might be debatable. What’s not debatable is the commitment by the Chinese government to reach new levels of international technological strength. An article at SiliconValley.com describes the effectiveness of some of that country’s policies toward improving its technological standing.

While the article asserts that some of China’s new technological prowess has been both unethically and illegally obtained, it also exposes a potential weakness of our own domestic IT policies - lack of unification. Several blog entries on this site have discussed some of the problems with US policies and the seeming lack of commitment by the US government to clearly understand the importance of adequate funding for all of the components of cyberinfrastructure.

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