If we do a survey of Indian people regarding the country that they most follow, I think it would turn out to be China and Pakistan. To validate this fact I just typed ‘India Vs China‘ in google and realized that I am not the only one searching this text, there are 206,000,000 more people who want to know that which nation is stronger. I once was reading a news paper which said that the mindset of people in India towards China is one of "awe, vexation, envy and jealousy". This made me think if it was actually true, do I want to think of China because it is my neighbor or because it my competitor. Whenever I come across figures related to our literacy rate, the per capita income, GDP, etc the next question that pops up in my mind is ‘What about China, what are its numbers, are they higher then us or lower’. After thinking all this, I am sure that we Indian take China more as a competitor then as a friendly neighbor and I think the feeling is same on the other side of the fence. When I was thinking all this, my mind wandered an extra mile and started thinking that why China is apple of everybody’s eye even when it has so many controversies related. Let me put some in this article (you may say that I am trying to soothen my Indian soul and I might agree with you J ).
China is today accused of human rights violation. It doesn’t provide right to free speech for an individual or press. China govt has blocked lots of international news websites like BBC. When China hosted Olympics in 2008 it allowed these news sites to be unblocked only to be blocked again after the event. During the Olympics as Beijing came under immense criticism because of its pollution level, the govt ordered factory closures to bring down the pollution level. China today is the second biggest contributor of the green house gases yet it is not ready to take steps to curb its emission till something is done by the west. Lots of ‘Made In China’ products are made by labors who are forced to work under sub standard working conditions and wages. China today has border disputes with Taiwan, Tibet and India,
China recently completed its 60 years of communist rule and it had reason to celebrate. Despite of all the above mentioned points, China is one country which has developed the most in recent times. Today China’s population growth is at 0.6% and that of India is 1.2%. Its GDP growth is again greater than that of India. It has already become the first Asian nation to have hosted Olympics, I think India is far from that. China has extensive FDI as compared to India. Today China own more than $300 billion in US govt issued debt. China is investing heavily in African nations.
I think China’s ‘not so open & communist society’ has been able to achieve India’s ‘open & democratic society’ could not. This has inspired me for my next article – Is Communism better then Democracy?
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