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RICHARD LYNN :
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Studies of the intelligence of' Oriental peoples in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore DcjF$E
and the United States have typically reported slightly higher mean IQs than those of a| w.G "W
British and American Caucasoids. Recently results have become available for a 5~BM+ja
standardization of Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices in the People's Republic of G3Z>,"w;=
China. The results show that Chinese 6-15 year-olds obtain a mean IQ of 102.1 in relation F?h{IH
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to an American Caucasoid standard of I00. yiourR)H<
A number of studies have shown that the Oriental or Mongoloid peoples 4gyC?#Ede
have higher mean IQs than whites or Caucasoids of European origin in the F ?APDGAN
United States and Britain. Much of the literature on this question is reviewed R;XG2
in Lynn (1987). The IQ advantage of Mongoloid populations has generally }bkQr)us
been found to lie between 2 to 8 IQ points. A number of studies of )1E[CIaXK
intelligence in Japan indicate that the mean IQ is approximately 105. Studies V?_:-!NJ(
of the intelligence of children in Taiwan and Singapore have obtained mean \L6kCY
IQs of approximately 103. A recent study of children in Hong Kong obtained cOhx
a mean IQ of 110 (Lynn, Pagliari & Chan, 1988). The extensive literature K'/,VALp
on the intelligence of ethnic Orientals in the United States was reviewed by b-'T>1V
Vernon (1982) who concluded that the mean non-verbal IQ was about 110 g4p-$WyT8>
and the verbal IQ about 97, which can be averaged to give a figure of 103.5. %8U/
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Although data are now available on the intelligence levels of Mongoloids o p{DPUO0
in a variety of locations, the jewel in the crown is missing. This is the 2kG(\+\
intelligence of the population in the People's Republic of China. The interest f}1B-
in obtaining data on intelligence in China is twofold. Firstly, this is the |DB7o+4
homeland of by far the greatest number of Mongoloids. Secondly, the high G&2UXr3
intelligence levels of Mongoloids in several locations could have been cD&Q