Spot on
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Whatever we compare Manufacturing Base, Skilled Labor, Infrastructure, R&D and technology etc. in all these area India is far better compared to China of 90s and early 2000s.
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And this idiot is comparing over built high speed rail network and expressway, which are mostly Non-productive investments and a huge problem china is facing, calling it a disadvantage India is simply stupid.
Really?
Manufacturing base
steel Electricity Motor Vehicle
China (2003) 232m 1910 twhs 4.4m
India (2022) 125m 1850 twhs 5.5m
Skilled Workers: does people really believe India get more skilled labor than China in 2003?
Infrastructure: in 2003, China had 68700km railway, in 2022 India's railway length was 68043km.
in 2003, China had 25200km expressway, in 2022 India has 3629km expressway.
R&D: in 2001, China had 70,676 scientific journal articles, India had 149,213 in 2020.
So, basically, in technologies and R&D, India is better than 2003's China. But other area, not so much.
But the point is: today's India is not competing with 2003's China or 2003's Vietnam, Thailand, etc.