It is somewhat "C-like" but doesn't contain interoperabilty means (even like #define preprocessor). One cannot reuse his code! Python is a nice toy. Not much more. I'd better say "Python rapidly moves to its place in a language ranking list".

Hmmm... Just wondering: In China - what is there? Which system?

Hmm.. Every C++ skilled programmer is 50+ years old. Is it what you meant?