From The Los Angeles Times (link): As their nation booms, Indians can’t resist comparing stats with giant neighbor China.
Politics and cricket may be the standbys of Indian small talk, but if you really want to get a conversation going here, turn the dial to China.India’s northern neighbor is the hottest topic in town, the buzzword on everyone’s lips. Whether politicians or pundits, entrepreneurs or engineers, nobody here, it seems, can obsess enough over China.
Who has more people? China does, with 1.3 billion, though India ranks a close second, with just over a billion. Who has built more roads, bigger airports, taller skyscrapers? China again, by a convincing margin. But who boasts more billionaires? Chalk that one up for the home team, an edge that makes Indians puff with pride.
