China aspires to replace the United States in the global order. India, a rising geopolitical and economic power, has drawn closer to the US amid Chinese assertions, especially in South Asia. India seeks to maintain foreign policy autonomy, but strategic concerns have placed it at odds with China.
The neighbours across the Himalayas are the world’s only “population billionaires”. Trade and cultural links go back centuries. Yet, a modern-day reality is the decades-long border dispute that last killed soldiers on both sides in 2020. The differences run deep. China is a one-party autocracy. India is a multiparty democracy.
The BJP and the Communist Party of China (CPC) claim to be the world’s largest political outfits by membership. Both are nationalistic and cadre-based, but their politics vary.
This cover package looks at the complexities of Sino-Indian diplomacy; the two armed forces, from training to technology; the growth of bilateral commerce and the need for a “bold” trade deal with China; the state of civil liberties in China and the lessons for India; the interconnectedness of ancient Sino-Indian history, and the soft power the countries wield in the modern world; and compares the advances they have made in science, technology and innovation.
China and India offer contrasting examples of demographic transition towards longer lives and smaller families, a 2023 UN report said. The average life span in China has increased. But it is an ageing society, a fallout from the past one-child policy. While India is the most populous country, with a youthful population, the workforce will need to grow and train to take on China’s manufacturing prowess in the future, aside from setting up the infrastructure.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus
RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
