Honestly outside of the top handful in both countries I’d say yes. I take this from my own experiences in all three as well as what colleagues tell me. US universities have problems but producing good learners isn’t one. I went to a state school and I think it was better than similarly private schools.

I love China and have devoted much of my life and career to China. Don’t come at me with stereotypical .ml presumptions.

I think you haven’t been to a real ethnostate and felt the difference. Racism in America is no where close to in East Asia sadly.

Then I think you haven’t studied in other countries before. Having studied/conducted research in China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Nepal… they all are pretty rough in comparison.

The reality that US universities are better than most I’ve worked and studied in. Chinese and Japanese ones are barely comparable.

Just responded to that… your comment isn’t adding anything

Economy goes up and down in every country. Choosing where to live forever doesn’t require looking at the economy for the past two weeks. Up higher than ever before than. Also, I clearly mention the stressful American and Japanese political situations.

Are you adding anything?