US science chief warns: ‘China will eat our lunch’ Soviet Sputnik satellite launch in 1957 threatened American pre-eminence. Now Beijing poses a similar danger, says Obama adviser By Steve Connor, Science Editor, in Washington February 22, 2011Uncategorizedhistoryscoper http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-science-chief-warns-china-will-eat-our-lunch-2219974.html