I'm impressed considering the subject was math. Maybe the Chinese didn't have good quality abacuses?
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/where-team-philippines-defeated-china-084516236.html
The Philippines has defeated China, this time in a Math competition, in a recent global contest joined by some 1,300 students.
The Philippine delegation to the International Mathematics Contest (IMC) in Singapore took home 161 medals in the tilt held until August 4 in Singapore.
Math wizards from Philippine schools bested participants from 10 other countries, winning 23 gold medals, 45 silver med