Word: china
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...hundreds of millions of Indians in rural areas who live on less than $2 a day, while ameliorating the state of the cities to which many of them are flocking, in a mass urbanization that in human history has been rivaled only by the one now under way in China. (See pictures of India's tempestuous Nehru dynasty...
...girls deserve to be able to stay in school beyond the primary grades and its sick deserve a functioning health care system. But second, the world could do with an example of rapid development on a massive scale that is not beholden to an autocratic, closed political system. China proves that such a system can provide better living standards for hundreds of millions, and that simple fact is immeasurably enhancing China's reputation and soft power in the developing world. Brazil and Indonesia are proving that democracies can deliver too. But India's size and the measure of its challenges...
...Fear-Mongering in Asia Recent tensions between India and China have been inflamed in India by media hype and the exaggerations of the opposition in Parliament [Nov. 2]. Neither country can afford a war. Cooperation between the two countries is essential for the progress and prosperity of the world too. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Thailand and reaffirmed the need to keep the border peaceful. There will be discussions on the proposed construction of a dam on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra River to resolve...
...pictures: "FIFA Women's World Cup - China...
...China, whose own energy economy is increasingly entwined with Iran's, is even more opposed to sanctions for reasons of national interest. Neither country sees Iran as representing any kind of imminent nuclear weapons threat, although if it remains uncooperative with the IAEA, the accepted guardian of the international non-proliferation regime, they could be compelled to support further sanctions; but even then, their own concerns would likely prompt them to accept only measures with limited impact...