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You are missing the main point. Most of the high-tech exports from China are not the Chinese technology but rather foreign technology. China is jut being used for manufacturing their stuff because of cheap labor nothing else. Don;t delude yourself that China is the reason behind such high-technology.I merely named offhand some Taiwanese companies and the industries that they are involved with. However, since you raised the issue, you might find it interesting to know what American media thinks of Taiwanese companies and China. The following is an article from America's premiere business magazine, BusinessWeek. I consider Forbes as the second most-influential American business magazine.
Why Taiwan Matters
"Why Taiwan Matters
The global economy couldn't function without it. But can it really find peace with China?
Want to find the hidden center of the global economy? Take a drive along Taiwan's Sun Yat-sen Freeway. This stretch of road is how you reach the companies that connect the vast marketplaces and digital powerhouses of the U.S. with the enormous manufacturing centers of China.
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Taiwan's success is also China's. No one knows for sure how much of China's exports in information and communications hardware are made in Taiwanese-owned factories, but the estimates run from 40% to 80%. As many as 1 million Taiwanese live and work on the mainland. "All the manufacturing capacity in China is overlaid with the management and marketing expertise of the Taiwanese, along with all their contacts in the world," observes Russell Craig, of tech consultants Vericors Inc.
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China may threaten Taiwan as No. 1 IT supplier. But for now it's Taiwanese engineers who provide ever-more-ingenious solutions to manufacturing and design conundrums."
US is still the number one leader in high-end technology. China doesn't develop technology like a Microsoft Windows or Nokia Phones or an Apple computer. At the most Chinese are good at making cheap knock-offs of above said technology. There are not many world renowned Chinese companies that can challenge the technology coming from US or other western countries.
No matter how much you would want to convince me by passing off Taiwanese as Chinese, I'm not going to accept such stories. China is China and Taiwan is Taiwan. No other way.
As I said before IQ tests conducted in different countries is different and results of IQ tests are subject to discussion. In some countries the IQ test might be easy and in some it might be tough and so you get misrepresentation of IQ values. That is why I say, the IQ business is not reliable as the IQ tests are not standardized tests across the countries.I have no expertise in the field of IQ research. I merely read the Wikipedia article regarding "IQ and Global Inequality." If you are unhappy with the results, please contact Dr. Richard Lynn or Dr. Tatu Vanhanen.
If you don't know much about IQ research, then don't attempt to convince me on this.
Still not convinced Martian.Still not convinced that China is breathing down the U.S. neck?
China is far far away, before it can challenge the hegemony of US in terms of economy, military, technology, or even education. Take a chill pill and relax. Don't get worked up over something non-existent and then try to convince me about it.