Paramita Mukherjee, Arnab K. Deb and Miao Pang Eds. China and India - History, Culture, Cooperation and Competition, Sage Publications, Delhi, 2016, pages 260, ISBN No. 9385985698

Abstract

As the title of the book suggests, the authors have tried to find aspects from history where India and China have actively interacted together in the past be it for cultural exchanges, diplomatic ties or for trade purposes. In addition, they (authors) have tried to use these aspects to try and explain different phenomenon such as the two starkly different paths taken by the two countries in expanding their economies and how tourism has developed for example. The book introduces me to a concept called “Asian Century” wherein they mean to suggest that with the rapid growth being shown by India and China and both being emerging global powers that the global economy will in the future will significantly be dominated by Asian economies, politics and culture. Therefore, in the light of the possibility of an Asian dominated global economy, a better understanding of the growth and the path followed by these two countries in achieving this growth is imperative.