Chindia is a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsChina and

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

together in general. China and India share long borders, are both regarded as growing countries and are both among the fastest growing major economies in the world. Together, they contain over one-third of the

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(nearly 2.7 billion). They have been named as countries with the highest potential for growth in the next 50 years in a BRIC report. BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Arguments against

Politically, China can be characterized as a single party authoritarian state whereas India is a democracy of hundreds of political parties. India's culture can be characterized by a high degree of pluralism whereas China has a more ethnically homogeneous population, though the concept of Han ethnicity is itself challenged. The commonly cited complementary nature of China and India's economies is also being questioned as the service sector in China is rapidly growing, while India's manufacturing sector has seen rapid growth in recent years. China also has a head start in international marketplaces and is a large investor in Africa. There is also the belief that China has greater geopolitical clout than India as well as a permanent seat on the

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. Additionally, China's massive infrastructure investments into

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rather than

suggest the concept of Chindia(n) integration may be pre-mature and/or politically inconvenient.

Challenges for growth

It is seen at present for both India and China to overcome major and mutual challenges such as regional and societal income disparities, moving up the value chain towards greater innovation, and also

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for Chindia to prosper and actually take effect in future. Serious difficulties in attempting to find a mutually acceptable settlement for a 2520 miles (4056 km) frontier has been a major stumbling block between the two countries ever since India's independence in 1947. Technical discussions have been going on for decades. They will continue. The difference is that these discussions are now coupled with the leaders' firm pledge to find a peaceful solution.

Emerging Asia

China is seen to assert its global leadership. Many countries in the world are now counting on China to lead the recovery from the recent US economic

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and the

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. China has also shown leadership ambitions through proposing an alternative reserve currency to the US dollar and extending yuan swap lines to several Asian and even non-Asian states.

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predicts that the economies of China and India will have surpassed that of the United States by 2030.

Innovation, education and business

Today, China and India are producing some of the world's best-trained computer science and electrical engineering graduates.

References

External links

The Chi-India booster of the world

Senior Business Week writer Pete Engardio, credited for having made the Chindia neologism famous, compares the rise of both China and India in this online video conference.
Radio France International - Asia Pacific - Relations between India and China incl. interview with India Foreign Minister Shivshankar Menon

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