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While India’s life expectancy figure of around 60 years compare quite unfavourably with China’s 69 years, Kerala’s life expectancy – about 72 years – appears on the other side of China’s achievement. Similarly, the infant mortality rate of 79 per thousand live births in India is very high indeed in comparison with China’s 31, but Kerala’s rate of 17 is much better than China’s. Again while India’s literacy rate is much lower than that of China, Kerala’s is substantially higher than China’s.
— Amartya Sen and Jean Dréze in India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, 1995, Oxford University Press.
China’s investment in Africa of various kinds exceeds $40 billion.
— Chinese ambassador to South Africa, Tian Xuejun, quoted on Economist.com, "Chinese trade with Africa keeps growing; fears of neocolonialism are overdone", March 23, 2013.
What the U.S. is up to is the 21st century’s version of the "Great Game," the competition that pitted 19th century imperial powers against one another in a bid to control Central Asia and the Middle East. The move to surround Russia and hinder China’s access to energy is part of the Bush Administration’s 2002 "West Point Doctrine," a strategic posture aimed at preventing the rise of any economic or military competitors.
— Hallinan, Conn (7 October 2008), "The Great Game in the Caucasus: Bad Moves by Uncle Sam", Counterpunch
