How will India counter the rise of China in Asia?

[Loki]

I'm wondering about this. The two countries have a similar population, and have always been rivals in Asia. But recently, with the rise and rise of China, India looks more and more irrelevant. Of course it is not, but I am sure there must be alert in India about it. India is also developing rapidly, but is far behind China already economically, and looks to be falling even further behind. This could eventually lead to a Chinese domination of Asia, even on the Indian subcontinent. Or not?

One thing to remember though, is that China is facing more rivalry from the Koreans and Japanese as well.

Discuss.

[RussiaPrussia]

they cant

[Swearengen]

It won't. They are too divided.

[Acquisitor]

Indian culture is quite inferior when it comes to progress and innovations. I dont see India being able to challenge Chinese future dominance.

China itself could stop growing soon anyway and as WS people say "trade sideways at best".

India is overestimated imo, and so is China.

[Insuperable]

I read how analysts predict that once China economically surpasses USA, India will do it something like 20 years after China or India will surpass China in that time, can't remember exactly so it is the first time now, from you, I hear about India falling behind. China might of course temper with India.

[Loki]

China itself could stop growing soon anyway and as WS people say "trade sideways at best".

People have been saying this continuously for the past few decades, and they've always been proven wrong. In my view there is still at least 100 years worth of growth potential in China.

[Acquisitor]

People have been saying this continuously for the past few decades, and they've always been proven wrong. In my view there is still at least 100 years worth of growth potential in China.

how come the Chinese don't innovate ? how come they just copy stuff ? if they don't learn to innovate, then the growth potential is limited imo.

[Loki]

how come the Chinese don't innovate ? how come they just copy stuff ? if they don't learn to innovate, then the growth potential is limited imo.

It will come with time.

[Acquisitor]

It will come with time.

maybe, but maybe not.

they have been growing thanks to manufacturing for US/Europe but also by copying our stuff. Who says that eventually they will be able to innovate ?

I dont like the idea of their students studying in Europe/US at all, I see it as our uni's creating future competition, but even these students who go back to China, apparently fail to innovate.

[Mehmet]

India is a heterogeneous nation, divided in ethno-religious lines. They are fine, slow people. Their country is backward and poor. No way they catch up China.
India can't even spread all over Asian continent. They are contained by Pakistan and China.
China is homogeneous, united under Han communism, with many racist elements. They aren't that fine people, they all look the same as if they were produced in the same factory.

Chinese were fine people having never tried to expand.
Russians gave them their ideology and have supported them against Westerners so far.
Even though Russians are historically, racially, culturally, religiously closer to Europeans than to Chinese; even to this day they play China against the West and support them.