It is telling that the defining book of the decade on tech startups—Zero to One was a runaway best-seller in China but didn't even sell 50,000 copies in India.
India has, perhaps, relied too heavily on the 1 to N promise of globalisation and, in the process, won in a race to the bottom.
I don't begrudge losing the karma to share facts that violate our shared expectations.
The view I have on it is that in China, there is a large and growing interest in large, long-term investment in new technologies and new ideas. Obviously there's a continuum and China is also still implementing and scaling technologies built in the west, but there's a definite commitment towards breaking new ground as well.
India has, perhaps, relied too heavily on the 1 to N promise of globalisation and, in the process, won in a race to the bottom.