Re: U.S. sanctions inadvertently sharpen China's edge

Hail to Confucianism based Educational Exceptionalism:
大学之道，在明明德，在亲民，在止于至善（Very Bad Google Translate: The way of a university
is to manifest the bright virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop
at the highest good.）
"How? Jörg Wuttke, a former longtime president of the E.U. Chamber of
Commerce in China, calls it “the China fitness club,” and it works like
this:
China starts with an emphasis on STEM education — science, technology,
engineering and math. Each year, the country produces some 3.5 million
STEM graduates, about equal the number of graduates from associate,
bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. programs in all disciplines in the United
States.
When you have that many STEM graduates, you can throw more talent at any
problem than anyone else. As the Times Beijing bureau chief, Keith
Bradsher, reported last year: “China has 39 universities with programs
to train engineers and researchers for the rare earths industry.
Universities in the United States and Europe have mostly offered only
occasional courses.” （I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Thomas L. Friedman April 2, 2025）