China takes first place in both competitions. Even in the US team, 3 of the 6 members are Chinese. Taipei Chinese did great and Hong kong did pretty darn good too considering its a tiny city! International Mathematic Olympiad 2009 http://imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2009&column=total&order=desc ----- The 40th International Physics Olympiad 2009
A lot of Chinese are brilliant. My Physics lab TA he came from Beijing. This guy is currently doing two concurrent PHDs (Physics and Computer Science). Don't ask me how he manages it but he can. I get free mando lessons from him on Fridays. The guy offers me tea every time, hehe Pretty nice guy.
