Unlike the West, India and China embrace globalisation
A Pew global survey shows that the Indians and Chinese are content with growing integration of their nations into the world economy.
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IN CONTRAST with the developed West, globalisation and economic integration remain popular in the world's two largest developing countries - India and China.
The reasons are easy to guess. The International Monetary Fund expects India's economy to grow by 7.6 per cent this year and China's by 6.6 per cent, both more than double the expected global economic growth of 3.1 per cent. It's little surprise that the Indians and Chinese are happy with their economies, the direction of their countries and their growing integration into the world economy, according to the Pew Research Center's 2016 Global Attitudes Survey. The survey collected responses from more than 2,400 Indian adults and more than 3,100 Chinese.
The Indians and Chinese also express pride in their respective nations' growing stature on the world stage. At the same time, people in China and India are wary of the outside world and prioritise dealing with their own problems rather than helping others. In all, 86 per cent of the Chinese and roughly two-thirds of the Indians are satisfied with the economy and the direction their countries are headed today.
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