If, murder rate as a 'function of the population' is taken into account, many Indians ought to correct their stubborn viewpoint that China is a more violent society than India. China's name does not appear in the murder toppers' list while India's does. Barely hidden jealousy about the gigantic gap that has opened up between China and India in almost every sphere of human endeavour makes several Indians invent several things about the Chinese, lack of human dignity and freedom along with a violent regime being some of them. Yes, China may not be the ideal in terms of any of the above criteria. Yet, innumberable statistics about the human condition in the two countries make it very clear that the commoner is much better off in 'autocratic' China than in 'democratic' India !!!!
No use remembering to abuse China (a shining example - admittedly with a few blips - of how a backward nation ought to develop from bottom up and not from top down !) at every turn while conveniently pretending to forget it when embarassing proof arrives about it's ascendancy in almost every field !!
