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Dont know why Indians are so obssessed with China,maybe they learned that from their government,but pretty anoynning indeed.
India looks to China as an economic role model
New York Times Sep 2, 2011, 06.39am ISTTags:India
MUMBAI: It seems to be a national obsession in India: measuring the country's economic development against China's yardstick. At a recent panel discussion to commemorate the 20th anniversary of India's dismantling parts of its socialist economy, a government minister told business leaders to keep their eye on the big prize: growig faster than China. "That's not impossible," said the minister, P Chidambaram, who oversees national security and previously was finance minister. "People are beginning to talk about outpacing China."
Indians, in fact, seem to talk endlessly about all things China, a neighbour with whom they have long had a prickly relationship, but which is also one of the few other economies that has had 8% or more annual growth in recent years. Indian newspapers are filled with articles comparing the two countries. Indian executives refer to China as a template for development. Government officials cite Beijing, variously as a threat, partner or role model. But if keeping up with the Wangs is India's economic motive force, the rivalry seems to be largely one-sided . "Indians are obsessed with China, but the Chinese are paying too little attention to India," said Minxin Pei, an economist who was born in China and who writes a monthly column for an Indian national daily newspaper.
The People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's house organ, had only 24 articles mentioning India on its English-language website in the first seven months of this year, according to the Factiva database.By contrast, The Times of India, the country's largest circulation English-language newspaper, had 57 articles mentioning China – in July alone.