SW Development Industry in Russia and in other countries

I was very wondered that Chinese internet has more then 200 mln of your users, and about 400 mln of Chinese citizen know Enlish at lease on the basic level. For comparison: In Russia, there is about 20 mln of internet users, and english-speaking citizen about 25 mln (by my opinion). I always thought that China is a very big village, where peasants live. I am very worried about India and China, because i am not sure that a few of Russian brilliant-mind IT employers can engage in competition with cheap and educated employers from this countries.

And about the salaries in Russia and China:
University-graduated employer earn 1200$ and 350$ per month in this countries!
But 1200$ in Russia - it's not a very big salary (the common level is about 450$, but most part of salary is "tax free", so it should be about 800-900$).
In opposite, in China 350$ - it's a very high salary, that provides a good level of live.

So: IMHO software outsourcing is not a very perspective in Russia environment, and Russian companies has only one change to survive: build products and sold them to the end-customers all over the world, like their colleagues from West Europe, USA and Australia.


Also, i am sure that everyone must think about success not only today, but tomorrow too.