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by chailatte 4778 days ago
> China has been very nervous about the Indian economy for some time now.

lol right. go to shanghai or hong kong, then go to mumbai, and tell me that with a straight face.
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lifeguard 4778 days ago
check out BRIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC

STRATFOR:

"Because India's population will surpass that of China in 2030 or so, even as India's population will get gray at a slower rate than that of China, India may in relative terms have a brighter future. As inefficient as India's democratic system is, it does not face a fundamental problem of legitimacy like China's authoritarian system very well might."

-- R. Kaplan

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/india-china-rivalry

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chailatte 4778 days ago
China GDP: 8.3T (2012)

Brazil GDP: 2.5T (2012) Russia GDP: 2.1T (2012)

India GDP: 1.9T (2012)

India isn't even in the same league as China. India has to compete with Russia/Brazil. BRIC is an old grouping from years ago.

Having a huge population and being democratic doesn't automatically give you a bigger economy. Look at South Korea (1.3T) or Japan (6T) comparatively.

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lifeguard 4778 days ago
China will follow a similar path as the USSR. Dynamic efficiency is not very good in state managed economies.

Also, read the CIA world fact book pages for China/India.

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Volpe 4777 days ago
with 8.3T GDP... are you serious? Could you describe the scenario where China has an economic collapse?

If such a scenario were to happen... it'd would be pretty catastrophic the world over. GIven how tied the US and China's economies are tied, I don't think the US would allow a USSR style collapse... :\

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cscurmudgeon 4778 days ago
No matter how shiny your prison is, you are still living in a prison.
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