Many experts suggest the true rate is already far lower.Ĭhina would like more of a say in international institutions, pointing out that they have failed to reflect global economic and political changes. India’s population (1.25bn last year) is fast catching up with China’s (at 1.36bn) thanks to the latter’s “one child” policy, which has seen the fertility rate drop to 1.7. Over 96% of the population are literate - compared to just over 71% in India.
While some think China’s literacy rate may be overstated, there is no doubt it has reached a remarkable level, especially given that people must learn characters rather than an alphabet. But China’s military budget dwarfs that of India - and it has vastly more nuclear warheads.Ĭhina has a strikingly high proportion of women workers their labour force participation is more than twice that of their Indian peers. The militaries of each country number well over 1 million personnel.
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