To be fair, we're informed that the Chinese did invent something important: toilet paper. (I guess Americans reinvented it and called it 'The New York Times.'
Or any American newspaper. I have to say, I'm been very impressed by y'all's papers' coverage of news here. It's been correct generally, wittier, and excellent at skewering the American press. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin