Stop comparing China and India
Opinion: In reality, China and India share very little in common, so why do people keep comparing them?
Opinion: In reality, China and India share very little in common, so why do people keep comparing them?
The topic of China versus India in the worldwide software smackdown comes up all the time. I understand why people make these comparisons: they make great headlines, readers in both nations and their supporters will get all hot and bothered, and like any other set of statistics, they can be skewed to show that China, India, or Lithuania is the greatest country on the planet, depending how the author massages the numbers.
This argument has become particularly popular as both countries suck up greater amounts of U.S. software and other technical outsourcing work. It's also fun for people who know very little else about either country to look at the map and say, "Wow, China and India. They're both big countries. They both have huge populations.
2007-02-22
16:41:10
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In reality, the two nations share very little. Both are home to way too many people. Both are Asian. And ... yeah, that's about it. Their people don't look alike; they don't eat the same food; they certainly don't speak the same language(s); and except for a significant Muslim population in both nations, they don't share a common religion.
2007-02-22
16:46:21 ·
update #1
To bring the contrast into more stark relief, start putting other numbers side by side. China's infrastructure smokes that of India, in roads, in telecommunications, you name it. China measures its mobile phone subscribers in the hundreds of millions, compared to India's 40 million or so. Pro-India pundits point to the huge growth in that country's mobile sector. Yes: when you h**e one subscriber, and you add another one, you've doubled your subscriber base. When zero is the baseline, there's nowhere to go but up. While China was spending billions building out its fixed line and mobile infrastructure in the 1990s, India, well, wasn't.
2007-02-22
16:46:55 ·
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The same is true with Internet users. China now has the world's second largest Internet market, and some people actually managed to make some nice cash from investing in the nation's Internet plays. In some places in China, namely large cities like Beijing and Shanghai, it's easier to h**e broadband installed than in many parts of the United States. Don't believe it? Try it and see. India? Broadband? Try getting online via dial-up for starters. Again, relative to population, India, for a country that makes such a big deal out of its software industry, has extremely poor connectivity.
2007-02-22
16:47:23 ·
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China has demonstrated again and again that when it focuses its resources, especially financial resources, there isn't much that can stand in its way. It spent a decade to create a world-class telecoms infrastructure, and now it has one. If it wants a world-class software industry, guess what? It'll h**e one. There are plenty of eager returnees who are looking to make a bundle, and they'll be ready to do it. That's exactly how India did it, and outsourcing to India has now become more expensive than sending the same work to China.
2007-02-22
16:47:43 ·
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Let's throw in some other metrics just for fun. China won 63 medals at the 2004 Olympics, 32 of them gold. India won a single silver medal. Beijing will host the 2008 Olympics. No Indian city has yet made a serious bid for the Games. China is on its way to becoming one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. India just isn't.
Stop comparing China and India. There is no comparison.
2007-02-22
16:48:24 ·
update #5
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2007-02-22
19:30:46 ·
update #6
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2007-02-22
19:37:56 ·
update #7
What is your point here. Your title says STOP COMPARING CHINA and INDIA and that is precisely what YOU have done !
China opened up their economy much earlier than India did. Therefore, quite similar to being unfair to compare 2 long distance runners whose start time isn't the SAME, it is also unfair to compare China and India.
As you yourself stated, anybody (read MEDIA) can massage their data to suit their needs. And I am sure that is exactly what happens in these kind of comparisions.
2007-02-22 17:00:43
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answered by justinageneralway 3
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2016-10-17 08:39:16
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answered by ? 4
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Because China and India both have large populations and are making great strides in business and industries and have great potential to become world powers, people compare them.
In regards to the other topics (religion, culture, etc.), I personally have not seen the two being compared much at all. When speaking about culture, China is most often compared to Japan and Korea. Oh, and Buddhism came from India, so there definitely is a connection of religion between India and China, even though Hinduism is more dominant in modern India.
It appears as though you are more angered with people who compare them and say good things about India, rather than everyone who compares them. This whole rant is simply your way of saying that China is better than India. How ethnocentric (or Sinocentric) of you.
India and China are both hot topics in regards to a possible shift of economic power in the world. Why is that so hard to deal with? China may be advancing faster, but that doesn't mean India shouldn't be mentioned at all...
2007-02-22 17:00:34
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answered by Rabbityama 6
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You must be a Chinese as you sounded very angry when people say good things about India and not China. Stop comparing those 2 countries YOURSELF and be more mature. I have lived in China for 3 years and frankly, it has it's good and bad points. Period.
2007-02-22 18:42:41
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answered by Anonymous
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You said
"If it wants a world-class software industry, guess what? It'll h**e one."'
oh come on !!!!! You really think that china didn't want a world class software industry ?!? Be a sport and do accept for once that India licked you all when it came to IT industry !!!!!
2007-02-22 17:11:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Tell u what...India has something that CHINA will have only in its DREAM. "REAL PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY". We do not have any Tianenmen squares either.
As Udayan Mukerjee stated, India has INFOSYS, china does NOT.
India has banks that are fundamentally sound, china does NOT.
The list could go on and on, but for me, "REAL PEOPLE's DEMOCRACY" alone is enough to outweigh ALL of CHINA's positives listed by anyone.
2007-02-24 03:02:18
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answered by Anonymous
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india is far more advanced than china in science ,technology,,architecture,
2007-02-22 18:17:16
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answered by Anonymous
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好, 点被采取 长期活中国
2007-02-22 22:54:40
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answered by rEdshiFt 2
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ok, i support you , 阿三不行
2007-02-22 22:28:12
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answered by Anonymous
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