"we are still progressing" you mean 10% of Indians? Not those hundreds of who die in railway accidents every year?
Do you see assimilation in Europe?
Sorry, Chinese in Southeast Asia are still have strong identity to their own culture. They have reshaped the whole Southeast Asia.
Also, people do assimilate. Not all do, and some sectors resist, but you need strong assimilating force to create an identity.
In Europe, apart from some muslim groups, I do see a lot of assimilation going on. Obviously China should learn from the best at this game, aka, the United States, where while there still are tensions occasionally, by and large the American identity is very assimilating. Most of the Chinese Americans would unequivocally consider them as Americans, and even gawk at being differentiated.
Also, by your comments one would think that by assimilation you mean total annihilation, which would not be possible. Assimilation means for an immigrant group to create a core identity, love that identity, while at same time maintaining the mot fundamental aspects of the home culture.
If you look at it, Thailand has been almost totally successful at Chinese assimilation. Singaporeans have also created their own identity. Most will tell you that they are Chinese only by ethnicity. Indonesians and Philippines have done the same. The only odd case out seems to be the Malaysians, where still Chinese identity strong. But, here I will fault the local Malays, who have always desired to push back the Chinese from everything.
Inequality less? Are u sure? I bet u don't include those in ghettos and countryside, even our citizens in the remote mountainous regions have clean water and electricity.
$10-&1000 vs &1-10, yes yes, the second one is less unequal.
In China, Chinese netizens describe India as 10%human beings and 90%******s.
I respect a lot of countries which has lower GDP per capita, just u win our respect if you internet websites put the tragic train accident in the headline. IT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
That's what I'm saying. Inequality is based on distribution of wealth, not absolute wealth. US has a higher Gini coefficient, where it can still be argued that the life in their rural counties might be better than 2nd tier Chinese cities.
Read about Gini Coefficient. Also, the data is largely non-controversial.
Also, I don't know what gave you this impression that there are some kind of ghettos etc. which is totally false. In India there is total freedom of movement anywhere. Also, being a democracy, these people know their rights of voting and do vote. A large part of these people don't intentionally pay taxes, and so on. Like China, where there is news of beggars earning shit loads of money, there have been many similar cases in India.
If you are a bit fluent in maths. Just consider this:
Take the income distribution vs population of China.
Shrink it wrt the population a bit, to decrease inequality.
Then shift the whole graph on lower income levels.
That will be India.
Inequality less? Are u sure? I bet u don't include those in ghettos and countryside, even our citizens in the remote mountainous regions have clean water and electricity.
$10-&1000 vs &1-10, yes yes, the second one is less unequal.
In China, Chinese netizens describe India as 10%human beings and 90%******s.
I respect a lot of countries which has lower GDP per capita, just u win our respect if your internet websites put the tragic train accident in the headline. IT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
And no this $1-10 and $10-100 thing is not right. Gini coefficient measures inequality. Which means that it can be scaled for the same results.
Lets say there are 3 people in both country A and B.
If in country A the people earn dollar 1, 4, and 10; with an average of dollar 5.
And say in country B the people earn dollar 10, 40, and 100; with an average of dollar 50.
The Gini coefficient would be the same, while the percapita GDP would differ by a factor of 10.
