And sadly you are falling in the same "historical trap" that so many Pakistanis have fallen into.
Yes surely the Chinese and Indians of 100's if not 1000's of years ago did do good science. But then they messed up their culture and fell to the bottom many many centuries ago.
True inheritance of scientific knowledge is by learning, and not by genes (or jeans).
B... in the last ten odd years ... the "sick man of asia" has been transformed into a giant again .... it won't be long before you will see the dominanace of people from this cultural background at the forefront.
The reason you see European's at the forefront is because they have been the dominant power in the world for last 300 odd years !!!!!
Now with the change in that equation ...... read as no dominant world power centers "in the classical sense" .... you will see more Chinese, Indians in the forefront. Or should i say they are already there !!!!