> On May 5, 4:26 pm, RichAsianKid hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> On May 4, 11:10 pm, PaPaPeng yahoo.com> wrote:

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>>> It will be nice if India can catch up with China.  We don't know the
>>> full consequences but it is probably good.  The key phrase is 'India
>>> is on the cusp of something big' which is the position Indian had been
>>> stuck at for the past 60 years.

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>>> Tiger economies are snapping at US heelsBut it's not clear whether
>>> Beijing or New Delhi will catch up first

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>>> Richard Wachman
>>> The Observer,

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> Comparison between China and India is just a sideshow; the US is still
> the country to beat economically.  If we base our assessment on how
> free and how open to talent an economy is and will be, then the US
> will still be ahead for a long time.  On present and foreseeable
> factors, the only ones who can cause America to topple from the top
> are Americans themselves.