Author: Micky WongMicky Wong Date: Jun 24, 2007 19:28
Views from India: China syndrome
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China syndrome
24 Jun, 2007 l 0039 hrs ISTlShobhaa De
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Ten days after coming back from China, I'm still reeling. And slightly
jealous. No matter what anyone tells you ― size does matter. Let's stop
fooling ourselves ― as of now, the Chinese Dragon is bigger, better and
smarter than the Indian Tiger. If we don't wake up and smell the
ginseng, we are in trouble. The road to Mt Everest is symbolic of the
present government's soaring ambition. China will stop at nothing to
prove a point to the watching world as a run-up to the Beijing Olympics
in 2008. And we won't need fortune cookies to tell us what China has in
mind outside the sports arena. Simply put: China is all set to dominate
the world. It is a one point programme that will stop at nothing to wow
critics and prove who's boss.
The new aggressive mood is most evident in Beijing, which is bursting
with frenzied building activity that literally takes one's breath away ―
a thick pollution haze hangs over the city, completely obscuring...
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