A window of opportunity

China's authoritarian politics is putting its amazing economic success at risk, and opening an opportunity for India

In the 2000s, India was often coupled with China. At a time when we were growing at 8 and 9 per cent annually, many argued we were just a step behind China, having begun reforms a decade later.  The 2010s changed that, as our growth rate fell, and China continued to grow rich. It is worth reminding ourselves that from the same per capita and overall gross domestic product (GDP) in 1980, China is today over five times India. At $11,000 per capita, it has a $14-trillion economy, to India’s $2000 per capita and $2.7-trillion economy. China’s manufacturing sector is