Friday, September 3, 2010
China and India: Contest of the century
I found this very interesting article. It's exciting to see which of these two Asian giants, new rising powers will prevail in the end and possibly over take the United States. China has already officially become the world’s second-biggest economy, overtaking Japan just a couple of weeks ago.
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This was definitely a really good article. Thoughts on whether India's democratic political system will be a help or a hindrance to its economic growth? Many would argue that China's more authoritarian government lends itself to growth because it can take any action necessary to grow the economy without worrying about political ramifications.
It was surely an interesting article as the tussle between India and China is a global concern. However, even though the article does a very good job at outlining the main differences of opinions between India and China, the problem is actually deeper. The war between India and China has left too many deep wounds in the pride of both the country. Hence,even if the boundary issues can be solved amicably between the two countries, it still wont, as national pride and ego will come into play and will definitely cause diversion in the flow of talks.
Last spring, a professor from Ohio State University and OWU alum, Irfan Noorudin came to Ohio Wesleyan University to speak about the rise of India and China and the implications they will have on American hegemony. Noorudin made the point that both countries were a long way off from surpassing the US - economically, militarily, and politically. However, he asserted that the US has a much higher interest in seeing India become a global power than China. He argued that India, with relatively similar values and political ideals, would make for a peaceful transformation in the international arena, similar to the transformation that occurred in the early 20th century when England was no longer the world's strongest power. On the other hand, Noorudin asserted that China's rise was much more threatening and would eventually lead to conflict due to the differences in American and Chinese political values.
Last spring, a professor from Ohio State University and OWU alum, Irfan Noorudin came to Ohio Wesleyan University to speak about the rise of India and China and the implications they will have on American hegemony. Noorudin made the point that both countries were a long way off from surpassing the US - economically, militarily, and politically. However, he asserted that the US has a much higher interest in seeing India become a global power than China. He argued that India, with relatively similar values and political ideals, would make for a peaceful transformation in the international arena, similar to the transformation that occurred in the early 20th century when England was no longer the world's strongest power. On the other hand, Noorudin asserted that China's rise was much more threatening and would eventually lead to conflict due to the differences in American and Chinese political values.
I thought it was very eyed-opening to me as I have never really paid attention to the tension and conflicts between the two countries. Ive noticed the improvement of China and India a while ago and personally, even though im not such a fan of China, I would like to see this country to become a global power simply because of its conflicting political values which somehow would hindrance the domination of the United States as the number 1 country in the world
I can see China surpassing United States as a world power within the next 15 or so years, as much as I don't want to say it. China's success and growth is heavily based on technology. Technology is exponentially growing, so the fact that most of China's growth is rooted in technology the growth will likely continue to grow large amounts. On the other hand much of United States economy is rooted in industry which is on a downfall.
There's one fact that we can all see is that almost everything you see at the stores are made in China, whether they're clothes, computers or Ipods.
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