Comments on: China and India: The Proverbial Hare and Tortoise?

By: surendra

surendra — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:06:00 +0000

it quite typical parity to estimate the final winners of the two…….as we see in early 1900 after the 2nd world war soviet union and america emerged as leading nations similarly we are likely to face another economic turmoil in 2012 after these drastic recessions similarly as early 1900′s situation will repeat with change in golbal power to india and china……but the winner b/w these two will be decided by the political as well as the economic factors in the world

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:53:05 +0000

China’s leaders are now predicting a slow down just at the time I suspect Indian growth is going to consistantly hit 10% over the next decade. India will start to catch up, however in certain sectors the pace of development will be different. – Chris

By: shuryansh

shuryansh — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:39:00 +0000

oh my god.is it really true that India will be able to overcome china in future!I’m a Indian but it’s hard to believe.Chinese knows themselves that they are “VAST MUSCLE GROUP” and they would not easily let India to overtake them.you know India was world’s richest and most civilized country in it’s past(10,000 years of civilization),but with the arrival of European and Arabian invendors it started becoming poor and today India is world’s one of highest poverty containing country.it’s own democracy is pulling it back.though our land is now starting moving to the top of the world but this process is very slow.
i know elephant is real and long distance runner,but dragon is just awesome!!!

regards,
shuryansh.

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:01:45 +0000

Thanks John, yes the London Times has certainly changed its approach. I’m not a big fan of tabloids, nor of newspapers being owned by individuals to promote their political agenda. Rupert Murdoch has destroyed a lot of what used to be quality jouranlism, and the result also infects many blogs.

By: ajay

ajay — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:58:24 +0000

John, it makes me wonder why you think thinking about other country is a bad thing. And especially China which is overtaking world one can always praise its effort and if it fails surely there will be lessons for India.
Also, India is following UK model (political, media, common law etc.) rather than bland US model. Which means, Indians are more likely to have opinion than rather inward looking (compared to British) Americans. Infact Chris, British media is quite sensational. Times of London regularly has screaming headlines.

By: Monte Christo

Monte Christo — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:51:34 +0000

@John

I consider India as a Black swan,that can surprise the world.Just rewind India’s story back in 90′s you will get the picture where this country is heading.

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:30:32 +0000

Hi John; Actually about 35% of our readers on this site are mainland Chinese. In our own firm in China (about 250 Chinese staff) all are bilingual and speak English. While the total percentage of mainland Chinese who can speak reasonable English is small, the majority of professional staff can and do, and they also make up a number of highly successful English language websites and blogs also. Concerning the India perception, much is made by the media, which is censored in China, so the perceptions from the China end are skewed by politics, whereas in India the media is skewed by sensationalism. I’m not always sure which is worse. – Thanks Chris

By: John

John — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:04:01 +0000

1. the number of people from CHINA who post in english is pretty much NIL. so people who post as chinese here usually are living abroad and NOT in China. China has the most website domains in the world – IN CHINESE. they don’t need to go out and almost no one speaks english in china – even in international airports believe it or not.

but then again, this never hindered the japanese.

2. india is so far behind china in terms of education, infrastructure, poverty elimination, etc, it’s not even close. just visit china’s clean, modern cities and compare them to the third world nature of indian cities.

No one in china cares about india, but it seems everyone in india cares about china

classic insecurity complex.

By: Monte Christo

Monte Christo — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:28:13 +0000

Well, we got a problem here.Most Asians do not consider India as a Strong contender in the New Economic Global world order.Worse most Asians still think India as a backward and poor country with lot of slums next only to sub- Sharan Africa. Most of the damage has been done by western Missionaries who came India during the early years and Indians selling the poverty image during 80′s. I know couple of Indian Missionaries who got rich by selling Indian poverty porn to west and most of the funds diverted to Indian Real estate in Bangalore late 80′s. Think of now Bangalore 2010 and the prices of real estate sky rocked post IT.

By: The_Observer

The_Observer — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:06:40 +0000

From the Hindustan Times a report on a survey of Chinese and Indians perceptions of each other:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTHorizons/world/Chinese-think-India-backward/SP-Article1-544262.aspx