You know why India is now miles away behind China even though they were at same level in 1949 (India actually better of in that time)? It is communism in China saved China and developed China. A big and poor country like China (and India) need communism to look after vast poor people. Centralised gov can put money where needs such as basic infrastructures, argriculture, education and medicare. Chinese gov did these things in decades before 1978's economic reform. Without such development in that period, China would not achieve rapid growth in last 20 years. A lot of Indian people do not know and understand this. Most people only see the development in last 20 years in China but they failed to notice and understand one of the most important facts - China has developed a solid fundation before she took off in 1980s, that is reasonablly strong argriculture, heavy and light industries and most importantly a high literacy rate among the population. Such fundation allowed China to start reform from countryside (bottom to top) vs India's top to bottom (IT only). Such bottom to top development benifited most poor people in the first few years of reform in China but such development has not happened in India. China's achievement should be credited to Chinese communism and gov. Even now, Chinese communism are still the main political force from the gov. to companies' top management bodies. Those people thinking that Chinese communism has died are dreaming. Do India want to catch up(con
