This article brings up none of the roadblocks that will prevent this. 1. So the ruling party is headed by engineers? So I assume the taxi cabs are driven by th

This article brings up none of the roadblocks that will prevent this. 1. So the ruling party is headed by engineers? So I assume the taxi cabs are driven by the blind, all the jockeys are tall, and the businesses are run by physicists. Not matching skilled workers with their work is a disadvantage. 2. The Chinese government (or any government) can't sit down and order up long term technological advancement. What government program did Gates or Jobs take part in? 3. All the top talent will emigrate. The real innovators would prefer not to be constrained by the local party official's rules. 4. Complacency is a huge issue for us, but thankfully we make a good destination for all those people from #3. The more the immigration door remains open the less we have to worry about this. 5. Low cost exporting is a house of cards. There is always a country that will do it cheaper/more exploitatively. Hard to have a long term strategy here. And you can't copy your way to first place. The copy can never be better than the original.