In the past, the Chinese were well-known for a whole variety of inventions up until around the late 1700s where a new emperor decided that having reached it pinnacle, could just slack off and coast. The West, after falling behind after the fall of Rome, innovated massively upon Chinese inventions over the years and came back to teach China a hard lesson about taking things for granted. Now, in our globalized world, the Chinese are innovating heavily:

This is either the best or worst iPhone review ever. Wendy Cheng is apparently the most popular blogger in Singapore. Before giving her the real iPhone, her producers tricked her into reviewing a Chinese knockoff. But she actually liked the fake, saying it’s “not bad for a shit*** China phone.” The real iPhone? Only “mediocre,” and “I really don’t like the touchscreen…it’s f***ing shitty.” Oh, that’s just the tip of this iceberg of awesome.

The iPhone in my opinion is definitely crippled here in the US, primarily from how very non-free market it is currently and also has limitations on what I kinds of files I can place on it as well (hence why I gave my wife an iPod–I want a music player that I can place any kind of file on it).

Nonetheless, my point is that the Chinese are innovating heavily on a variety of products and are learning in turn from America. And America should keep an eye on not becoming too complacent, protectionist, or lazy as otherwise the Chinese will surge past the US.