China Far Outpaces India in Doctorates Earned in U.S., Report Says

China’s sustained spending on science and technology infrastructure and higher-education institutions since the 1980s has led to the country’s sending two and half times as many science students to the United States as India does, according to a new report described in Mint, an Indian newspaper. China also outpaced India in its number of engineering and basic-science doctorates earned at American universities. The report, produced by India’s National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, has validated the fears of many Indian scientists that India lags far behind other developing countries in research.