IS CHINA A THREAT FOR INDIA

India and china are the most populous nations of the world which comprises
of more than one-third of the worlds population. The economic growth of
any nation depends on the political climate in that nation. At the time of
independence the GDP of India is more than China whereas today the total
value of Indian economy is one-third of the Chinese economy. In India we
follow a multi party democracy whereas in china they follow communist
principles. Indias decision to follow multi party democracy yielded nothing
but red tapism (delay in decision making), power to opportunistic and
corrupt politicians.

The following are some hindrances faced by India because of china:

Security Council berth:

On their visit to India, the presidents of nations U.S., France etc promised
India to support their wish to be a member of security council. But they
couldnt fulfill their promise because of pressure from china. Just because of
them Indias interest to active participation in restoring peace around the
world remained still as a dream.

Border issues:

We all are well aware of the phrase enemys enemy is friend. Even though
Chinese officials claim that they are expecting healthy relations with India,
they are spending superfluously on erecting roads and other infrastructure
facilities in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). They denied issue a normal
visa to an Indian military official hailing from Jammu & Kashmir to visit
china, saying that he is from disputed territory. But the same nation has
been issuing visas to the businessman from PoK to visit china for expanding
their business without any objection.

Recently several disputes aroused between china and other nations like
Japan, Philippines etc in east and South China Sea regions. These are the
indications of chinas aggressive nature towards other nations.

Indias own inabilities:

Every nation has been seeing India just as a market destination for the
products manufactured in their countries. This is because of Indias poor
attention towards strengthening its domestic demand and habit of importing
things without manufacturing things indigenously. India is top trading
partner for nations like china and U.S. recently the trade and commerce
minister of India requested china to lift ban on certain Indian products in
order to balance the trade deficit between India and china. On the other
hand china is an exports based nation with India and Africa being its
destinations.

Sports:

Chinese are dominating Indians in every aspect and sports are not even an
exception. Recently china secured 2nd place in medals tally in London
Olympics where India failed to secure even one gold medal. Apart from this
china also developing its infrastructure through organizing international
events like Olympics, Asian games and shanghai international expos. But
India couldnt improve its infrastructure and unable to depict India in a good
picture. The improper roads, drains and transport facilities are some
examples for Indias misery.

Education sector:

Apart from the domestic education system the vulnerability of Indian
students is also being exposed in foreign studies. A survey by education
portal world education services said the socio-economic status of Chinese
students is better than their Indian peers. It stated that 60% of Chinese
students have adequate financial resources to study abroad whereas Indians
are concerned it is only 27%. 46% of Indian students give importance to
tuition fee and living expenses whereas it is only 22% of Chinese consider it.
This indicates the financial status of India.

Internet and technology:

In India the 80% of people use foreign social media websites and only 20%
use national social media sites. This is exactly opposite in china where they
have their social media sites and search engines. The cost of internet is
higher in India compared to china.

Public sector units:

In china even today many organizations like china post, Chinese FM are still
running profitably. Even though there exists 51% of FDI in retail sector the
local retail chains are more predominant.
Hence India needs to boost its domestic demand and enhance its
indigenous manufacturing capabilities instead of craving for western
products to have long term benefits and sustainable growth. Without
improving these India cannot compete with China Dragon.