article_snippet.sent: And it's been predicted that India could outpace China as the world's fastest growing economy as soon as this year.
article_snippet.sent: What India can learn from China .
article_snippet.sent: Not so fast, says China watcher
article_snippet.sent: China is still pulling away from India," the Beijing-based reporter said.
article_snippet.sent: If India grows 7.5% this year and China grows 7.4%, I think it makes a good headline.  
article_snippet.sent: But I think people shouldn't get carried away about what it means in terms of a gap between China and India.
article_snippet.sent: Even though there is free movement across China (in India), the paradox is there are a lot of basic issues related to access to water and basic education.
article_snippet.sent: But despite Modi's big pro-business push, India simply can't size up against China's raw economic might.
article_snippet.sent: After 30 years of dedicated efforts in building China into a manufacturing powerhouse, it would take a long time for India to build that kind of manufacturing capability," said Haiyan Wang, Managing Partner of the China India Institute.
article_snippet.sent: So when you ask if India could compete with China, I don't think that is going to be happening -- not in the next 20 years.
article_snippet.sent: China has the capacity, the connectivity, and the capital to throw China weight around.
article_snippet.sent: Even if China is putting money into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road fund, China is also building airstrips on reclaimed islands on the South China Sea," said Krishnan.
article_snippet.sent: There no question that India's rise is far less threatening than China's rise.
article_snippet.sent: With the 1962 border dispute still vividly remembered by many in India, the impression of China as a threat stands in the way of further economic integration between the two countries.
article_snippet.sent: If you look at India's seven northeastern states, which are probably in the most dire need of infrastructure, it's inconceivable for any of those states to allow a Chinese company to come and build roads," said Krishnan.
highlights_snippet.sent: India predicted to outpace China as as world's fastest-growing economy in next year .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But experts say India simply can't size up against China's raw economic might .