and the coastal provinces are in between and the inland provinces are just like other countries in asia or middle east or latin america. now, singapore and japan were trail blazers and the others are coming closer. and very soon, china and india will come to a place near to you. >> this is fascinating. and it highlights the central idea that it's not that we're falling behind, it's that the whole rest of the world has begun to catch up. and what it suggests is that it's not so much the people are overtaking us, it's that everybody is moving into the same space, that there's a whole set of advanced countries -- european and asian -- that are all converging in one space. >> yes. it's the letthealthy, wealthy corner. i live there myself. >> but can the united states