Here is a Slashdot article that I found that discusses, amongst
others, the level of mathematics in the United Kingdom and the
People's Republic of China:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/25/1625216
Nevertheless, the link that follows is the most interesting part, that
shows two sample excersises taken from two exams: a chinese and a
british one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6589301.stm#chinese
I leave the comments to you,
Vangelis