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Splitting India since 2005

Indian academics are up in arms about a Chinese essay that has been circulating online since 2005.

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Mr Wu and Family, by Pallavi Aiyar

One of communism’s lingering legacies in China was a basic belief in the dignity of labour and to me it was this belief that created the broadest gulf between India and China; a chasm ultimately much harder to bridge than that of GDP growth rates or flashy infrastructure.

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An Indian perspective on China: Pallavi Aiyar

Both China and India are experimenting with economic reforms although the pace and scope of these reforms differs. One of the greatest lacunae in India is administrative reform, so that we have a bloated administration that is not held to account for its shoddy implementation of legislation intended to help the poor. In China on the other hand, it’s the lack of political reform that hampers accountability.

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Danwei Picks: 2008-01-17

Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) in the Paris Review; Danone Asia head resigns; fortune cookie origin found in Japan; guide for online censors.

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There’s always India

The below is excerpted from an opinion piece by Charles Onyango-Obbo on the ‘East African’ website in Kenya:

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