As India cancelled a planned visit to China by more than 100 civil servants amid an escalating border dispute, the Indian newspaper Sunday Express has published a lengthy interview with Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi:
So many people who went to China and they are very much fascinated at the fast change and rapid development. And here people very often put me a question. What is the secret for such a rapid economic development of China, especially when compared to India. China and India, in terms of development, we share a lot of things. We are both developing countries, we are both in fact the only nations with populations of over one billion. Now China is leading a little bit, India is going to lead in some time. India will be the largest or the most populous country in about 10 or 12 years time. So, what makes China develop so fast, Can India copy the Chinese development? About this secret, there are many reasons, but generally speaking I see three major factors which caused this rapid development. [Full text]
