I applaud DW for not bringing Uighurs, Tibet and Taiwan in the questions. Human rights never should be part of Chinese discussion because German's interest may get hurt.
Neither India nor China is going to look at this channel for anything more than time pass. And neither of them allowed any other country to mediate between each other during almost all border disputes despite some offering support. So, I don't think anyone else can stir it more from outside.
Indian panellist is definitely does not like Modi. The main reason we are talking about India giving rivalry to China is modi‘s leadership which propelled India to growth in all sectors. Modi has help India reach bigger heights in all sectors and this will continue for at least next 6 years hopefully longer.
Modi is nothing new the tilt towards the USA happened ever since the civil nuclear deal with Bush and Manmohan singh. Think objectively not only on nationalistic or party lines.
Because most of these policies have existed across several parties. Like, the ISRO missions are shared credit between the UPA and NDA. Western Friendliness towards India really started in 2008 with the nuclear deal, under Manmohan Singh. Taking all credit for the culmination of multi-decade efforts is disingenuous and cynical.
@@bollakarthikeya4633 yes, that's the point - and a lot of Modi's achievements were initiated and sustained by other governments before coming to fruition under him. He's happy to claim 100% credit for those, too.
Even Pakistan sometimes gives same statements and that's the reality about India. You can't compare communist china and terrorist Pakistan with our nation.
Khalistani breed or feudal legacy Punjabi blood. She probably got there not just by merit but also by family privilege to get an internship in dw after a fancy degree.
China alienated its largest trading partners and investors, hard to see them recovering to their former glory of the 2000s-2010s. Meanwhile India shows a stable place to invest into.
I don’t understand why the Western media always compare India and China. Is it just because the populations are similar? The gap between the two countries is too big. In fact, the gap is continuing to widen, rather than shrinking.
@@tmoney26 2783 foreign companies shut India operations since 2014. These include Metro AG, Holcim, Ford, General Motors, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citibank, Harley-Davidson, Huawei, among others. Actually more companies are leaving lndia.
THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT ABOUT CHINA OR INDIA. ITS ABOUT THE WEST DIMINISHING GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND RELEVANCE. WHILE CHINA AND INDIA ARE COMING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES , THIS IS NOT GOING WELL WITH THE WEST THATS WHY THEY HAVE WISHFUL THINKING THAT CHINA AND INDIA WOULD RATHER BE ENEMIES.
Let us be realistic, China is far ahead of India economically and infrastructure wise , it will be a long haul for India to catch-up. Militarily in a few areas they are one up but when it comes to military confrontation , India can give bloody nose to them for various reasons.
We are far behind in terms of military too. Not doubting the abilities of our soldiers but in terms of tech, infrastructure, co-ordination between various arms of the military, cyber warfare we are far far behind and there has been extremely slow progress on this. The FINSAS program is something we haven't heard of in years. And given the current governments unwillingness to acknowledge China's occupation in ladakh (while maj general level talks go on) and the introduction of agniveer things look dire. I hope it gets better. PS forgot to mention that we haven't even given good quality helmets to our soldiers yet. There are various different kinds of helmets no standard one with the majority of soldiers wearing Patka
@@rolipoli826but Chinese have acted so calmly and collected, I hope there is wisdom because the border issues can be solved or governed bilaterally or just exchange coz India occupy china and china India at different points just keep the sides and draw a boarder and make it that the water which India is scared about should be protected even in case of confrontation and be free for all
You're completely right. But China is completely dominating the world in terms of infrastructure. I think it will be fair to compare India to USA than to China in terms of infrastructure. I think we can cross USA by 2050 if we maintain same gdp growth.
That lady in Delhi doesn't represents Bharat, she represents DW's biased perspective as co-worker of the media house. Shame on her! Can't even stand with her own country.
@@bipinbisht7827 are tuj jaise Chinese agent India me jitne rahenge utne piche rahenge hum, ro to tu raha hai India ki last 5 quarters ki growth China hua hai isi liye,
Yes ,India is well behind China,but is well paced to catch up,who would have thought China will emerge like this 15 years ago,same with india...only difference is China invested all his future investment in all the countries to get his footprint whereas india invested all his money in local Infrastructure from road to rail,education to health,space to science..but major path break will be ,diplomacy where india rescuing small countries from debt to vaccine and treating as trade partners,whereas China swallowing the territories and dumping the other countries as its local market !
China is helping the global South that is why the global South is happy to be led by China. India has a long long way to go and it's still faces tonnes of issues at home
We can see what they did to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and now Nepal. But Nepal foreign minister happily said they are proud to be a part of our neighbor. Nigeria also said that they will allow India extract oil and will dump China since China is using their engineers and not giving work to Nigerians and are also mining illegally to places where they are not supposed to as well. India is ready to spend 12 billion dollars for that and Nigeria is also agreeing to go with India. So please first research with proper facts and discussion with people. People of China themself are getting unemployed and poverty is rising plus infertility rate is decreasing in China day by day lol. I just hope they don't steal the research of Japan to build babies in lab because China will use that for it's own interest to dominate the world. Also, keep crying XD@@protagonist9716
Just compare the number of toilets per citizen in those countries you mention, and then maybe reassign your worries. There is a difference between a slowdown and a population-driven drop off a cliff.
The German lady pointed out that the West, at the moment is not sanctioning India, thus it has an economic growth advantage over China. Don’t forget Japan and China were once in a similar position as India. As soon as the West perceives India as a threat, it will also be sanctioned.
That isn't automatically a given. It depends on what India's leadership does. India being a democracy won't be able to take a brazenly anti-West stance (in terms of actions, not words). India isn't and will not be viewed as a threat the same way that China is.
@@ArmageddonIsHere Japan is also a democracy and was a rising economy just like India. Yet US had crushed it into almost non existence. This is just the way US ensures it’s supremacy.
@@gj8550 That won't happen, Japan case is different, because China will outgrow USA sooner or later, and India becoming strong is the only way for them to handle China in future. Both China and India will outgrow USA and when that happens neither of them will rely on USA for anything.
sanctioning india will be loss to west E.g: see recent Rice ban by India, west will crawl.. West is dependent on India not India.. West will slowly understand this. India has a market of 1.6 billion people. Can you afford sanctioning a young aspiring demographic of 1.6billion people? does that make sense??
Poland is growing so much. Germany is cooling down 😢 Germany will be poorer maybe? Again SICK man of Europe? Poor Germany, hopefully they don't get a "bloody nose" 😅😂
@@taubernuss India acting for it's own self interest. Because it suffered so much during cold war time such as USA supported Pakistan and China over democratic India
This DW correspondent Isha is absolutely ridiculous when it comes to say a point with assertion. India does see itself as a competitor with China. How can say she’s not?
And we will be surpassing China lol. Heard about the Indian diaspora? Guess not. Anyways you probably don't know unemployment rate of China, shadow banking, poverty, factories decreasing and so much more. Let's not forget about ghost cities.@@KAN443
Here is the reality. Unless China's GDP growth rate falls to negative or in total collapse, but if they grow by 4.2% per annum, then India must grow by at least 19.98% to keep the difference of the two countries' GDP gap unchanged at $14.44 trillion. Because China's GDP in 2023 was $17.76 trillion. That's 4.758 times of India's $3.732 trillion. 4.2% X 4.758= 19.98%. Even India's GDP growth rate is at 21% per annum, it will be only $37.5 billion more than China a year. So $14.44t/$37.5b (14440/37.5) =385, even working it out using compound rate, India still needs at least 200 years to catch up with China!
China's economy is growing at 3% to 4% which far better than most Western countries can only dream off. Even though China's manufacturing and construction sectors are struggling, it's high tech and service sectors are exploding with growth and these clowns are saying China collapsing. China's economy is $19.3 Trillion, India's economy is $3.4 Trillion. Even 3% growth in China is far more than the 6% in India. Moreover China is doing far better than Germany, UK and the US as well.
India may be a smaller economy as of now(comparatively), but if we can sustain 7-8% or even 6% for the next 30 years, we can easily become an economic superpower which can rival china.
@@user-eh9lp7hn6p We are the world's largest centre of Software developers which requires critical & algorithmic thinking to compute... You are challenging me? huh?
When the leader of a country disappears during 'interesting' times, yes, that is a problem. Whether it's Putin disappearing during a time of war, or Xi right after the flooding. The leadership should be present during these times. If they do not fulfill their duties, they should not be in that position.
China is already a technical power competing with EU and US. India is growing but has a lot to catch up in terms of infrastructural, component and skillset time
As an Indian, of course we have a long long way to go, and nothing to be taken for granted. If the Indian economy grows at 8% real for the next decade, then we have some heft. We know what happened to Argentina, Japan and possibly China. I think the big difference between India and China is that, Indian politics ultimately is about improving the quality of our lives, more than anything, and that makes peace and prosperity necessary, while the PRC government tells their military "Prepare for War", every single year. People here don't realize that dictatorships always go to war when their internal economy crumbles. Taiwan War may not be as far off as it seems. I think Germany and the EU made historic mistakes by depending on Russia and the PRC. In the short term they saw steep growth, but they could not prevent the Ukraine War and perhaps another debt crisis arising from the Belt and Road initiatives.
A war is needed when old superpowers don’t want to release power to new superpower. Taiwan war is more for the US, which will determine which one will be in charge of Asian affairs. if China wins, China would be free to use labor and natural resources in Asia pacific region, and take advantage of Chinese Yuan hegemony. Chinese people will be much richer like Americans right now.
Remember this: to live rich life, you need to use free labors from other countries as slave. The US uses Chinese people and Mexico and southeast Asian people as cheap labor slaves to support rich life of Americans. China has no way but to do the same to live a good life: enslave asian labors and feed Chinese people.
@@cathie3874 "release power to new super power" .... lol you are really, really full of yourself. None of these development would've been possible without western money to start with.
China doesn't tell their people to prepare for war. China teaches their kindergartners to crawl in mud under nets with knives in their mouths, shoot automatic weapons, jump on grenades, and SCREAM their hate at the top of their lungs, against literally everyone. And I am not making this up. If you want to see video of them doing exactly that, just ask. And I don't mean some fanatical groups, I mean the GOVERNMENT. It has gone nuts since Xi, the new Mao, took over total and complete control.
In the report on Indu, DW mentions" Indian claimed territory" as being disputed. Actually China claims Arunchal Pradesh, an Indian state in NE as South Tibet and has renamed many towns and features. So actually China claims Indian held territories also as it's own, a stark difference between the approaches of both the countries. Moreover China is not inclined in demarcating the border as it wants to keep the issue alive.
Chinese may find it humiliating to compare the Chinese economy to India's since India's total GDP is only 20% of the size of China and no single Indian company could be seen on the world stage like China's Tiktok, Huawei, DJI, Alibaba, Temu, BYD, Xiami, etc. So well done DW, you did a good job insulting Chinese.
According to World Bank's data of 2022, China's GDP= 17,963,171US$, India's GDP= 3,385,090 US$. 3%-4% of China's growth = 538,895 to 718,526 US$, while 8% of India's growth= 270, 807.2US$. The gap between these two countries is enlarging. Ignorance is bliss 😂 @@Anonymous-hp1tg
German companies like Mercedes have been invested in India for a very long time, perhaps since India's independence. Germany doesn't have to do anything dramatically new to be move involved with India. VW, Audi, BMW, all have plants in India already and doing well.
Why this Indian girl Isha is so pissed off with PM Modi and India 🤔 Maybe she is not ready to accept the reality that India has arrived, under the leadership of PM Modi. And German needs to change their view on India and minority living in India. They voted for PM and its a democracy so its high time that German should stop interfering in Indian social system.
I am also worried about immature triumphalism and slavish need for white man approval that young Indians tend to have - westerners have tapped into that psyche and would very much like India to be their poodle - luckily the old codgers at the helm in india for now have seen this movie before and are not poodles but wily foxes
A British journalist attack and criticize Indian moon landing. Indians reactions were half angry and also half happy/proud. I read some comments posted like this: If they attack and criticize you it means you are successful and doing things right. As a Chinese I can only smile at these comments while thinking of of P😡rki Wion
, Mahindra wrote, “Really?? The truth is that, in large part, our poverty was a result of decades of colonial rule which systematically plundered the wealth of an entire subcontinent. Yet the most valuable possession we were robbed of was not the Kohinoor Diamond but our pride & belief in our own capabilities." He added, “Because the goal of colonisation-its most insidious impact-is to convince its victims of their inferiority. Which is why investing in BOTH toilets AND space exploration is not a contradiction. Sir, what going to the moon does for us is that it helps restore our pride & self-confidence. It creates belief in progress through science. It gives us the aspiration to lift ourselves out of poverty. The greatest poverty is the poverty of aspiration…"
Still for now China is still well ahead of India in many fields. But still India is the largest democracy and has large percentage of people who could understand English and can influence which can do a lot Further You Tube is banned in China
You are totally wrong! China never banned youtube! Just want to control the collected data in China. Google helped US government collecting Information b4
I am an ordinary person in China. To be honest, I am very happy for China to ban Western media such as You Tube and Twitter, because in the early days of China's development, if the market is dominated by Western Internet giants, domestic public opinion will be completely controlled. For a population Great countries may live under Western rule forever
The discussion needed to be more in-depth. Momentum has a certain role to play in the next 4-5 years with India reducing some gap with China which would still be quite large though. However, more important point is how the two leaders manage their respective countries in the long term (till early 30s - Modi could be PM till 2034 and Xi president for lifelong). What I see Modi is leading India towards incremental changes every day, week, month, and year forming cordial relationship with everyone and in 10 years it will pay rich dividend whereas Xi is antagonizing everybody, every year, month, week, and day. None of the neighbours are happy with belligerant China and West is also acting against it. China currently has Africa in their pockets because of raw money power and some middle east countries due to their resentment against West. The world geo-politics would be very interesting from India's perspective in the next 5-10 years period.
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Honestly China doesn't care much for India, it's disappointing Indians want to propagate British colonial territorial claims even after suffering for so long, but that's India's problem, not China's. Reality of today is China adds more renewable energy in a single year than the entire Indian power grid, China operates more than half of all robots on the planet and has more robot per worker than Japan, and China now controls the entire semiconductor supply chain. At end of the day it's these technological dominance that makes a superpower, not the amount of outsourcing contracts you take. India's mistake is believing it's western countries that made China successful and therefore with western help they too can be successful, problem is basic math can tell you India has to surpass the US long before it has a chance of catching up to China, and any hope of catching up to China with western help will die the moment the west sees a threat in India. If India wants to be successful, it needs to realize, sooner rather than later, that China will have much less problem with India being #2, than the US will have problem with America being #3.
India is small compared to China’s size and ambition. India cannot be where today’s China is in even 20 years. China is way ahead in science and technology. India has something that China has long lost - our rich culture. India does not need max GDP growth to catch up to anyone. We need to grow in a manner that respects nature.
I think the Indian correspondent needs to study India much more sincerely and get her own biases out of her system before Indians take her seriously.Or is she mouthing Western inaninities to keep her job?
It's obvious that European narrative is always loaded towards a rivalry and enmity between India and China. It's a natural inclination considering that China and India represented the majority prosperity in the world in the past, and the trend is that it is going to be a repeat. The West fears that this common feature will relegate the West to an ignominious future as in the past. Despite the transgressions, India always avoids a direct confrontation in most aspects of China's aspiration, and acts towards a peaceful and prosperous future with China, as it will be inevitable for both countries to avoid the repeat of the West's colonialism.
The fact that there are 30x more Indians commenting than Chinese is the main difference. We are connected with the globe in information discourse. That's the opposite for China.
Funny headline. India China are not same level. Except population nothing else can be matched about India China. There is huge difference right from economy to infrastructure to education to innovation to healthcare to science to electrifying to railway to ports to highways to bridges to cities to ev technology to 5G Innovation etc etc etc to 🎉every single thing thats useful to make life better. India is a project report. China is a balance sheet.
If india has real and sustainable growth they don't need to worry about catching up with China's massively inflated numbers. That would be like comparing natural muscle growth to a body builder or actor that uses steroid and plastic surgery to achieve what looks like peak fitness.
We don't know if they are inflated. When you look at massive Chinese infrastructure and projects, it does seem to match the numbers. As an Indian, I can tell you, there is reason to worry about our long term prospects (next 25 years to 50 years). The biggest reason I feel is inequality to access the quality education and then the education system itself. The poor education quality in government schools which despite offering much higher (twice or thrice ) salaries to its teachers, are worse off than private schools. The middle class does not trust FREE government schools run by Indian provinces (there are some run by the Central government, maybe just 0.1% or 1%) and sends kids to private schools which have significant fees (perhaps equal to an average of 10-15% of their total income, for 2 kids). And so, in India, usually the kids of the poor and kids of the middle class do not study together(not taking into account the small government mandated quota for poor in private schools). That's about the pre-college education i.e. up to 12th grade. (Grades typically start with -3. We call it Nursery, Lower Kitergarden, Upper Kindergarten before 1st standard). Now coming to college, the government colleges are a preferred choice and have lower fees, and they are usually better than the privately owned ones. But these are not enough and overall there is a big percentage of college graduates in the STEM area who are not employable. And then there is a big percentage which is unemployable because they have a degree in subjects like geography and history or an Indian language and even English language which often cannot give you a job. My point is that very soon the Indian centre and states need to wake up and work together to overhaul the education system otherwise we becoming a healthy economy will remain a pipe dream.
@@Danne1886 You Get a Grip 🤣😂 India is Import Based Economy Unlike China India Lacks Quality Education India Lacks Industrial Set up Apart From 6-7 States Crores of Immigrant Workers From North India Roaming in The Streets of Chennai, Bengaluru and Mumbai For Low Paying Jobs Unemployment Rate Rised to 7.8 From 6.9% in Jan 2023 India's Economic Growth Expected to Reduce to 6% in FYI 2023-24 and FYI 2024-25 ( Due to Increase In Inflation ) Even We Can Doubt How India Achieved Economy of $3.8 Trillion USD Considering the Unemployment Rate in India
Does China see India as a threat? No. Atleast not at the moment. Can India challenge China's hegemony in Asia? No. Not at the moment. It may happen sometimes in the future but its not anytime soon. Reasons. 1. Economy - China's economy even though its going through a slowdown at the moment, is miles ahead of India. India's economy is growing but many economist like Ashok Modi, Arvind Subramanian etc have raised concerns about India miscalculating its GDP numbers. We still have structural problems that needs to be dealt with. 2. Influence - India's influence is increasing, no doubt about it. But is it still comparable to China? No. Come on, I am sure you know it too. China is like a huge octupus with its tentacles everywhere. 3. Population - India has overtaken China's population, but I am not sure if that is a good thing. We need jobs for these young people, and we need that fast. Unfortunately its not happening. If we can't do that, its only a matter of time, before our demographic dividend becomes demographic disaster. Conclusions - India is doing good, but we need to do a lot. This is me saying as an Indian, no Indian should hold delusion about us taking on China atleast for the coming decades ahead. Face the facts, we are not there yet.
More than big economy, super power dreams...in reality I want India to be clean and green, we first want to breath fresh air and should be able to drink pure water ..we have to first focus on waste management and infrastructure..i have no clue how they are comparing 17 trillion with 4 trillion...1.4 billion ppl in 2 countries doesnot mean they are competitors.. we have to see how many ppl are really productive..
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yes - really appreciate his bluntness - chinese people abroad are principled, respectable and very talented - Indians get along warmly with them (outside China) - and I believe they will overcome their current hiccups eventually - its the insecurity and paranoia of the CCP that is the problem
I am surprised how the report says Modis ruthless treatment of minorities. Do you have proof? How modi is doing it? what is definition of minority in your country?
Being the number one, two or three in size is not as important as per capital income. China's population is about 5 times that of the US. Even when China's economy is second to that of the US it still claims to be a developing country. The reason is per capita income is more important. China became 2nd by growing at double digits when the US was only growing at 3-4%. China's economy is 5 times that of India. Just to stay even, for every 1% China grows India has to grow by 5% . I don't see it catching up in the next 10 years unless India can grow in double digits. As for the so-called population dividend, it can be a liability. India's youth unemployment is equally as bad as China's. The Chinese space program is way ahead of India's. I can understand the pride but India has to face the reality that just lending a short lived lander on the moon proved that it is level with China. China has a space station, has manned flights, landed a moon lander on the dark side of the moon and mars India will be a space power in the future but right now should work harder instead of claiming to be ahead of China.
India, Democracy , what else? Give 1000 rs and buy votes. If you have money you can become chief minister. A powerful person can screw your life.... so much for freedom.
I agree with Lee & Isha, Only Western power thinking to India replaces China, while in India we are working on manufacturing, not in any competition against China, China also not considering in competion as no comparison between 20Trillion and 4 Trillion ... Only China and India anger is Territory., and I believe Western taking to advantage to boosting India agression
Western media still has a chaotic understanding of both India and its leadership and China's relationship with India. I think this is going to get them to be lagging behind when it comes to the next couple of decades when these 2 nations will take the lead narrative and drive strategy in the world stage.
China is an expansionist autocratic country with colonial mindset, which is being perceived by most of the world as a threat. Because of Xi, Chinese face racial discrimination around world. A dictator like Xi will not hesitate in putting the economy of China on stake for being in power, to get the popular support he can enter into war with any less powerful neighbouring country or invade Taiwan. Remember that Modi and Xi both are playing on nationalism, but Modi can be ousted anytime by Indians unlike Xi. That's where democracy gives an edge to India. China is definitely gonna acquire Taiwan, but that expansion will give Chinese economy a big blow. Nationalism is good but hyper-nationalism is like an uncurable disease and Chinese are suffering from it.
Just so people understand what the "China Cooling" actually means in number. In 2023, the Chinese GDP growth is "cooling" to less than 5%. But that 5% growth is equivalent to the Chinese 12% growth in 2012 in term of absolute amount. In amount, that is about $900B in growth. In comparison, the Indian 7% growth is, in absolute amount, about $250B. So when people talk about growth percentage, they also need to talk about absolute amount. Otherwise, you lose the big picture.
Reflects both countries political positions, India is always neutral and China always tries to peddle their own boat even at the detriment of its neighbors.
There is a reason why India keeps repeating $5T GDP narrative. 😂 Even though India will surpass $7T in next 3yrs after $5T. Those who know they know and others can study economics.
Name one city in india that can be compared to Chinas in all aspects. This is pure wokenes culture of forcing issues, india needs to work very hard, not just hard to attain the status of China. Truth be told
Choice is between a democratic state with decentralised power and an authoritarian state with centralised power. The world/market is smart enough to decide which is more sustainable and reliable. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth One Family One Future is not just a slogan it's also our Religion 🇮🇳🙏🏻
It's an interesting interview with balanced views. I just wished that it could have been a bit longer so we could have more insights. Just my 2 cents on Felix Lee, I think the reason he didn't have to champion China is because he isn't really from China. Looking at his family name Lee, his parents could either originate from Singapore or Malaysia or even the UK. To cut the long story short, due to the British colonisation of these 2 countries, many ppl in these 2 countries have this spelling as family name, rather than the standard pinyin one that we know, Li. And Felix spoke English with such strong German accent 😅 that the only possible reason is because he grew up in a German speaking environment. Hence, no need to champion anyone's view. Only his own.
*China GDP in 2007 was $3.5 trillion Vs India GDP in 2022 was $3.7 trillion, so India is just 15 years behind China, while earlier India was 20 years behind China, so India is catching up fast, give 2-3 decades of India moving fast economy and sluggish China growth, India can very well match China in few decades time. Yes difference seems big at movement, it may seem even slower growth in China may be bigger than India high growth in real $ teams, but people forget the math of compound growth rate and how quickly it a few decades the difference disappears.* Also in PPP wise (purchasing power parity) aka also referred as real GDP with capacity to purchase/spend, China in 2009 was $11.09 trillion Vs India PPP in 2022 was $11.87 Trillion, so only 13 years behind China in PPP basis, assuming China doesn't post inflated figures at all.
@@jetli740 no not at all, If Average china growth is say 3-4% for next 3 decades due to deflation and real estate bubble bursting which is 30% of GDP and average India growth is 7-8% for next 3 decades which IMF and WB predicts, that 4% average growth difference between them compounded year on year in 3 decades does the trick.
Exactly why I do not read Economist. This woman thinks India has an imperfect democracy. A descendant from the lineage of despicable people who went around the world and destroyed the whole world including India now will tell us what is and what's not a democracy. The normative European woman thinks that she will set the norms and the rest of the world has to follow. For her info, India has been the most succcessful democracies in the world despite the fact that both European countries and the US tried to meddle with India's elections, tried to influence its leaders to turn the elections into their favor. This woman for sure would not have seen such strong democracies in European Union and especially in Germany if a foreign power meddled with their elections.
Sorry Guys, Australia runs the global south , We are actually in the South, India and China are both nuclear powers. and not in the southern hemosphere They are both firmly in the north
Ms Bhatia seems to be a correspondence course economist. At one level all panel including the Chinese person says China is slowing down, Ms Bhatia says by the time India becomes 5 trillion, China will be 25 trillion dollar economy. From what source is her claim. Look lady, I am not for India rhetoric but India very easily will be 5 trillion or above within 5 years and China tanking further as India Fundamentals are rising. China anyway was never 18 trillion as it fudges data. At best it could be 10 to 12 trillion dollar economy which is tanking and not easily coming out from the abyss. China has Scientific temper and has progressed a lot and now they have to innovate technology to be relevant with West closing door on them but innovation do not happen overnight though China is way ahead of the race than India. The biggest disadvantage is China demography with ageing population and India has population dividend. If India play it cards right, India can possibly surpass China in 20 years.
The West is extremely desperate that they now even pretend that India is comparable to China, it like comparing the total GDP of Africa to that of the US. China’s GDP is 6 times larger than India, India’s GPD is almost the same it’s Africa. To make matters worse, India is extremely underdeveloped whereas China is literally the most developed nation on earth. Lastly, India’s superpower dreams have been there for the past 40 years and in 2023, over 800 million Indians still live in extreme poverty and to think that there are moser poor people in India that there are poor people in the entire African continent is even making India in worse shape.
