India vs. China
Posted : January 17, 2006 at 10:51 am [America/Los_Angeles]
The great race of the 21st century is under way between China and India to see which will be the leading power in the world in the year 2100…One of India’s (and China’s) greatest strengths is its hunger for education. Most American newspapers lure readers with comics, and some British tabloids with photos of topless women, but a Calcutta daily newspaper is so shameless that it publishes a column on math equations. Imagine titillating readers with trigonometry!…The bottom line is that the once-great nation of India is reawakening from several centuries of torpor, and facing less risk of a political cataclysm than China. India is poised to again be a great world power. But over all, my bet is that China will still grow faster and win the race of the century. I’m going to tell my kids to keep studying Chinese, rather than switch to Hindi.
— Nicholas D. Kristoff, “They’re Rounding the First Turn! And the Favorite Is . . .”
The two countries account for 1/3rd of the population of the world today. I know I would be done by 2100, if not much much sooner. So, for the record, I could care less who wins the race when the calendar hits 2100. I would be pretty impressed and thrilled if the two countries did well enough to improve the lives of their respective population and make it a much better than it was in 2000. Howz that for a goal!
- Anand
Category: Chindia
1 Comment
Dear Anand,
I think china will still be ahead of india ,cos they have the discipline and will which we lack.moreover they do not have politicians like us who only want to make the most of everything rather than thinking about their nation.
Posted by: pankaj manot at January 20, 2006 @ 6:28 am