Japs Still at It! 1146

If you think that there are more people who speak English in China than in America, you should think twice. From what I heard, it doesn't sound anything like English as American know it. The quality of "English" is so poor, you may as well say that the Chinese speak French and Spanish just as well.

The fact is that China has a high illiteracy rate. Over 10% of its population (1.2 billion people) can't even read Chinese.

In Japan, 99% of the people can read and write.

Literacy rates of Countries (CIA factbook) 15 years and older who can read and write. ------------------------------------------ Japan it is 99% France it is 99% Germany it is 99% Austria it is 98% USA it is 97% Singapore it is 93% China it is 90% India it is 60%

If you are looking at countries with the Highest IQs ----------------------------------------------------

You will find that Hong Kong children score 116 vs. 102 for Britian. Japanese childen scored 110.24 second highest in Asian countries and Korean children 109. Bejing children scored 109.4.

1. Canadian children scored Full Scale IQ= 103.34, Verbal= 101.4, Performance = 104.96 on the (American) WISC-III. Source: Wechsler, D. (1996), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children � Third Edition, Canadian Supplement. (Communicated by Dr. D. Saklofske).

2. Chinese children, in or around Beijing scored 109.4. According to Li, Jin, Vandernberg, Zhu, and Tang, 1990, as cited in R. Lynn (1997), Geographical variation in intelligence. In Helmuth Nyborg (Ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature. I kept Lynn�s adjustment for the Flynn Effect (The WISC-R Chinese standardization was done 10 years later than the American).

3. In Nagoya Japan, the score was 110.24. It was adjusted up by 3.34 points because testing was done on the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (see note 1). Source: Takeuchi and Scott (1992) as cited by R. Lynn (1997), Geographical variation in intelligence. In Helmuth Nyborg (Ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature. It seems that the Japanese gains have started to level off.

4. South Korean children got a score of 109 versus British children. Source: Lynn and Ja Song (1994) as cited by R. Lynn (1997), Geographical variation in intelligence. In Helmuth Nyborg (Ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature.

5. Taiwanese children versus British children: 104.7, on a culturally reduced test. Adjusted for the Flynn Effect by R. Lynn (1997), Geographical variation in intelligence. In Helmuth Nyborg (Ed.) The Scientific Study of Human Nature.

6. Hong Kong versus British children: 116 on a culturally reduced test. Kong, J. biosoc. Sci. Vol. 21, pp. 461-464.