Is the number of PhDs per capita higher than the US? My point is that even if it’s 5x lower PhD per capita, just by virtue of having 5x the population, China wi

Is the number of PhDs per capita higher than the US? My point is that even if it’s 5x lower PhD per capita, just by virtue of having 5x the population, China will have the same absolute number of PhDs as the US. Actually I was disappointed the article did not touch on education trends within China. Do you have any sources for analyses of educational trends? I would be interested in the number of Chinese getting PhDs in the US, vs in China, and how that ratio has changed in the past two decades. Might be even more interesting to compare the primary/secondary school systems across the two countries. Education is obviously valued more highly in the average Chinese family than it is in the average American family. This early emphasis on education could certainly explain the Chinese success in higher education.