re: Women who aren't mothers also deserve paid maternity leave

The Chinese are not ahead of this country and won't be in the near future. The reasons they are growing so fast is because of the low wages, vast labor pool, etc. as well as the fact they are starting from peasantry and moving up into developed country. The US doesn't have that room for growth because there is only so much developing you can do to a developed country. The US still is recognized as one of the hardest working countries in the world.