China and India-A Comparative Survey of Performance in Economic Development

A Comparative Survey of Performance in Economic Development Thomas E Weisskopf Ever since India's Independence in 1947 and Chinas Liberation in 1949, the two nations have invited comparison. Each is of continental size, with an enormous population; each entered the post-War era of development as a predominantly agrarian society, with an extremely low level of per capita output and correspondingly widespread poverty.