The Council of Foreign Relations is hosting an online debate on whether India will overtake China. From CFR’s website:
India and China have been described as “non-identical twins.” The two countries have much in common: a proud, ancient culture with a central global role in the pre-colonial era, intellectual sophistication, and recently, poverty, and a large, young, hard-working population, which is nationalistic and has high aspirations.
Both nations want to reassert their historical roles, but have chosen different paths to achieve their goals. India’s path has been democratic, China’s authoritarian. [Full Text]
