first, it catches up with economics, second, the rising middle class demand for more democracy to upgrade the existing political system, smoothly hopefully, and

first, it catches up with economics, second, the rising middle class demand for more democracy to upgrade the existing political system, smoothly hopefully, and last they begin to beat US all around, purely due to the population and an education first tradition, with east-asia's above-average IQ as the base and the much-better economy as the booster.