Why does India want to compare itself to China?

[53fd]

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Why do Indians want to compare their nation to China, & equate Pakistan to Afghanistan, when by all socioeconomic, political, health, development measures etc, India & Pakistan are very similar; & India is nothing like Pakistan. Saying Pakistan is like Afghanistan is like saying India is like Afghanistan.

So just a few examples:

1) GDP per capita:

Pakistan------India-------China

$1207-------$1400-------$4400


2) Current account balance:

Pakistan------------India----------------China

$-1.85 billion----$-51.78 billion----$+305.4 billion


3) Inflation:

Pakistan---------India----------China

11%------------9.39%----------4.2%


4) Unemployment:

Pakistan---------India----------China

5.95%-----------9.4%----------4.3%


5) Structure of economy (% of GDP by sector):

-----------Pakistan-----India-------China

agriculture: 21.2%------19%-------10.2%
--industry: 25.4%------26.3%----46.9%
--services: 53.4%----54.7%----43.0%


6) Life expectancy at birth (years):

Pakistan-------India--------China

65.4----------65.4----------73.5


7) Education Index (expected & mean years of schooling):

Pakistan-------India---------China

0.386---------0.45----------0.623


8) Income Inequality Index:

Pakistan--------India----------China

0.346----------0.392---------0.534


9) Multidimensional Poverty Index:

Pakistan--------India----------China

0.264----------0.283---------0.056


10) Gender Inequality Index:

Pakistan-------India---------China

0.573---------0.617--------0.209

[Jade]

Why does China want to compare itself to US? I am sure the difference between China and US is much larger than that between India and China

Anyway it is not that Indians compare themselves with Chinese. It the western media that compares. May be the population sizes and economic growth rates of two countries prompt the western media to compare...who knows, I think you should put the question to western media

[53fd]

Even in terms of other statistics, like safety/security, & even the energy index, India is nothing like China. This is the 2011 Energy Development Index:



As you can see, India & Pakistan are pretty close to each other, whereas China is way ahead of both countries. And this is considering Pakistan's energy troubles these days.

[53fd]

Why does China want to compare itself to US? I am sure the difference between China and US is much larger than that between India and China

China & the US are completely different countries. China has many strengths where the US has weaknesses (& vice versa). India has no strengths when it compares itself to China.

Anyway it is not that Indians compare themselves with Chinese. It the western media that compares.

It is the Indian media that compares itself, thinking of their country as the next big superpower.

[Jade]

China & the US are completely different countries. China has many strengths where the US has weaknesses (& vice versa). India has no strengths when it compares itself to China.



It is the Indian media that compares itself, thinking of their country as the next big superpower.

It shows that you have no knowledge on India.

[ChinaToday]

Why does China want to compare itself to US? I am sure the difference between China and US is much larger than that between India and China

Anyway it is not that Indians compare themselves with Chinese. It the western media that compares. May be the population sizes and economic growth rates of two countries prompt the western media to compare...who knows, I think you should put the question to western media

dont lie ,when did we compare ourself to usa?

[53fd]

It shows that you have no knowledge on India.

Seriously, is this the best you can come up with?

[Jade]

Seriously, is this the best you can come up with?

Do you really think without some kind of comparative advantage India grew nearly 8% per annum for the last 10 years?

[cyphercide]

My god,the man is obsessed to the point of frothing in the mouth.Is it costing anyone a damn thing for the Indian media to compare India with China Bilal?We would like replicate some of China's success,Is that a bad thing?

So stop worrying about India,stop worshiping China and start working on Pakistan.May that principle guide your future thread quests instead of opening a nonsensical rant every now and then.

[53fd]

Do you really think without some kind of comparative advantage India grew nearly 8% per annum for the last 10 years?

India's growth rate has not improved the country's socioeconomic & development parameters much. India's (democracy/) growth is basically meant for & benefits only a few individuals, whereas the conditions for the rest of India remains the same, as indicated by all the parameters in my opening post.

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So stop worrying about India,

If I was worrying about India, I'd be sitting on an Indian Defense Forum. Oh wait...

May that principle guide your future thread quests instead of opening a nonsensical rant every now and then.

You call this thread a nonsensical rant? I've quoted the most reliable figures coming out of the IMF, World Bank, CIA World Factbook, UN etc.

[Ammyy]

Why do Indians want to compare their nation to China, & equate Pakistan to Afghanistan, when by all socioeconomic, political, health, development measures etc, India & Pakistan are very similar; & India is nothing like Pakistan. Saying Pakistan is like Afghanistan is like saying India is like Afghanistan.

So just a few examples:

1) GDP per capita:

Pakistan------India-------China

$1207-------$1400-------$4400


2) Current account balance:

Pakistan------------India----------------China

$-1.85 billion----$-51.78 billion----$+305.4 billion


3) Inflation:

Pakistan---------India----------China

11%------------9.39%----------4.2%


4) Unemployment:

Pakistan---------India----------China

5.95%-----------9.4%----------4.3%


5) Structure of economy (% of GDP by sector):

-----------Pakistan-----India-------China

agriculture: 21.2%------19%-------10.2%
--industry: 25.4%------26.3%----46.9%
--services: 53.4%----54.7%----43.0%


6) Life expectancy at birth (years):

Pakistan-------India--------China

65.4----------65.4----------73.5


7) Education Index (expected & mean years of schooling):

Pakistan-------India---------China

0.386---------0.45----------0.623


8) Income Inequality Index:

Pakistan--------India----------China

0.346----------0.392---------0.534


9) Multidimensional Poverty Index:

Pakistan--------India----------China

0.264----------0.283---------0.056


10) Gender Inequality Index:

Pakistan-------India---------China

0.573---------0.617--------0.209

Please care to post source for this data cause we all know the standard of .............

[Jade]

India's growth rate has not improved the country's socioeconomic & development parameters much. India's (democracy/) growth is basically meant for & benefits only a few individuals, whereas the conditions for the rest of India remains the same, as indicated by all the parameters in my opening post.

There has to be a starting point. First, the wealth has to be created to be distributed. Any developing country that starts developing fast will have inequalities. It is not that liberalization of the country has not benefited the mass, but the benefit has been unequal.

It is not that India is an isolated case. Even China is also experiencing similar inequalities.

The following paper should help

http://www.un.org/esa/desa/papers/2010/wp92_2010.pdf

[53fd]

Please care to post source for this data cause we all know the standard of .............

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat.../2187rank.html

Inflation, List by Country

Unemployment Rates, List by Country

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...elds/2012.html

International Human Development Indicators - UNDP

http://www.iea.org/weo/development_index.asp

[cyphercide]

India's growth rate has not improved the country's socioeconomic & development parameters much. India's (democracy/) growth is basically meant for & benefits only a few individuals, whereas the conditions for the rest of India remains the same, as indicated by all the parameters in my opening post.


If I was worrying about India, I'd be sitting on an Indian Defense Forum. Oh wait...

You call this thread a nonsensical rant? I've quoted the most reliable figures coming out of the IMF, World Bank, CIA World Factbook, UN etc.

I am talking about your habit of opening the same BS thread every two weeks with the same "Oh what's wrong with India" theme.Get this straight,obsessing over us doesn't change a damn ground reality in Pakistan.Sure,we have our issues but we have made massive strides in the right direction as well.If we all sat down and focused on the negative indicators like you do,we would never move forward.China is a great yardstick as it too faces many of the same problems that we do.So sue us if you don't like it that we compare ourselves with them.

There are positive stories about India by the same sources like as well(which I recall I did post for your reading pleasure earlier) and we will continue to progress forward.You keep yourself acquainted with the negative ones if that makes your nation look better or grants personal relief.

[mahabharath]

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I too would like to see the source plz