India is strengthening its border against China. In the last few months, specially after the uptick in the Maoist activity, China has acted a bit tough with India.

Chinese economy has an advantage. It can grow the way it wants. By definition they decide on their economic growth. That’s a very comfortable position….which unfortunately US or India etc.

I got this in an email from a forum. I am not sure what the source is but the article is so good that I have to carry it verbatim for maximum impact. I have believed in this for long, finally someone else concurs with my own analysis – that China is, but a house of cards!

Vital to the idea of a global recovery… is the idea that China, at
least, is still growing. And that, just maybe, they can help pull the
rest of us out of this crisis by our bootstraps.

Is that a real possibility? Not by a long shot. And if you’re placing
any faith in a whole new Asian miracle, I urge you right now to
reconsider. Especially if your wealth depends on it, as it might in
more ways than you imagine.

Consider Detroit. It once looked like a global mecca for capitalism
and monument to progress, too. Have you seen it lately? It’s
practically a ghost town.

Now imagine the world’s next industrial ghost towns and you might be
shocked to discover that they’re already turning up. But not in
America. Rather, in the Chinese provinces of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, or
Dongguan.

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