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It's a new world, and we barely seem to have noticed.
Places we {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}with inexpensive low-end
manufacturing are going high-tech in a big {{U}} {{U}} 2
{{/U}} {{/U}}The spotlight is mainly in China and India, for good {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}The Chinese economy is surging,{{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}by increasingly sophisticated engineering, with
products {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}from automobiles to
semiconductors. India has nearly as {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
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{{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}in software and services.
Along with these {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}giants, countries
like Japan, South Korea and Singapore are also challenging America's {{U}}
{{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. If present trends continue, 90% of all the
world's scientists and engineers will be living in Asia {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}2010, according to Nobel Prize winner Richard E.
Smalley, professor of chemistry and physics at Rice University.