From International Herald Tribune:
There are some telling signs of economic rapprochement between China and India.
During wintry mornings in the Indian city of Gurgaon, home to call centers, offshore software companies and luxury high-rises near New Delhi, dozens of busy Chinese 20- and 30-somethings rush off to work in software companies and manufacturing facilities.
This is extraordinary. There were no Chinese in Gurgaon just a few years ago. As I grew up in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, the only Chinese I met were those who ran (excellent) restaurants. Indians did not use polite terms while referring to the few Chinese in their midst, and Chinese elsewhere reciprocated with disdain. Now Gurgaon’s Chinese are part of the local fabric. [Full Text]
Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and author of “Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping their Futures and Yours.”
