They have followed his advice. More importantly, the level of taxation in the Chinese economy is much lower than in India. According to the World Development Report, the tax revenue of the Chinese government in 1998 was only 5.7 per cent of GDP as against 8.6 per cent in India. The higher percentage only adds to the cost of production in India. Ergo, China can capture practically any market.
China outpaces India in practically all departments.
Of all the people he should have known. It is India's working force which is indisciplined and pampered. Factory workers at the Maruti Car Factory recently went on a prolonged strike when the average wage of a worker was over Rs.20,000. This is in the Communist-run state of West Bengal home of corruption, indiscipline and indifference. But for all that, India is doing well enough for China to make a study of our ethos.