India is not that different from China in terms of the material quality of life. But comparing China with Chile, Korea, Slovenia, and Denmark is comparative studies at its worst!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Dalgas Have 15 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 *A NEW INDIA?* http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857286642.pdf http://uk.cbs.dk/arc www.cbs.dk/india http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Dalgas Have 15 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 *A NEW INDIA?* http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857286642.pdf http://uk.cbs.dk/arc www.cbs.dk/india http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > NY Times November 23, 2010 > Life Expectancy in China Rising Slowly, Despite Economic Surge > By DAVID LEONHARDT > > A quick quiz: Which of the following countries has had the smallest > increase in life expectancy since 1990 — Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, > South Korea or Sudan? > > The answer is not war-torn Sudan or tumultuous Pakistan. It isn’t South > Korea, which started from a higher level than any of the others. And it > isn’t abjectly poor Bangladesh. > > It’s China, the great economic success story of the last two decades and > the country that inspires fear and envy around the world. Yet when > measured on one of most important yardsticks of all, China does not look > so impressive. > > SNIP... > > There is, after all, another large country with unimpressive recent > gains in life expectancy, even smaller than China’s. That’s right: the > United States. Since 1990, we have been passed by Chile, Denmark, > Slovenia and South Korea, among others. China is still five years behind > us, but it’s gaining. > > E-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > --
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