May be , but what explains the sharp economic rise of China? You know, India, Pakistan and perhaps many other countries achieved independence before China. The economic, political and other conditions were almost same. Resource wise we were never inferior to China. Whereas, in Pakistan, it was militarily dictatorship for most of the time, in India, it was democracy that prevailed. In China, you know it was communism. But when we compare all of them now, China stands far ahead from all of them. She is in fact now competing developed world. In other countries, like India and Pakistan, though there is sharp increase in millionaires and billionaires but this is that sharp in poverty and inequality too. So, what lies behind their progress and what effect should be it on their populace. And as per as media is concerned, I doubt its credibility all over world. If in China it is State controlled, then in other countries it is Multinational Corporations controlled. Take the example of Italy, Berlusconi controls its media and it helps him politically.
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