Super-Scary!!!

Is it me or is this article super-scary:

Asian science is advancing so fast that U.S President George W. Bush warned in this year's State of the Union speech that innovations in Asia could come at America's expense. Even South Korea remains one of the epicenters of stem-cell research, despite a loss of morale (and some funding) following Hwang's downfall. Of the 78 stem-cell lines registered at NIH, six come courtesy of South Korean labs. Lavish spending has helped Seoul's climb up the technology ladder, but Korean researchers also credit good ol' Asian values of hard work, hard work and more hard work.

"People used to say that stem-cell research was on scientists' 'avoid list' because it was labor intensive and demanded long hours," says Chung Hyung Min, head of Cha Biotech in Seoul, which registered one of the Korean stem-cell lines at NIH. Chung's last vacation was five years ago. "At the end of the day," he says, "it's about who is more willing to spend longer hours at the lab!

China, Korea, Singapore, India….and where exactly does Malaysia fit in?