China Doesn't Belong in the BRICS

[huskie]

China has more similarity with India than any of the other three BRICS members. Both are huge and influential on the country level, but weak on per capita level.

Together the BRICS can have more say on many important international affairs if they know how to reach an agreement. Work toward your common goals, and don't bother the comments from a western journalist who couldn't care less about your development. This article is an obvious attempt of ol' divide n conquer. By its own logic, the US should have not belonged to G8.

 

[Raphael]

China's position in BRICS is analogous to the US position in G7: the dominant player, but still has a lot of commonalities with other members. On a different note, BRICS should be expanded to include Mexico and Indonesia, two other countries which share these commonalities.

 

[faithfulguy]

Tbh what does the BRICS collection actually do together? In reality very little. Apart from projected growth figures these nations have very little in common- not language, not geography, not industry etc etc the actual utility of this group is questionable and with the likes of S.Africa,Brazil and now Russia showing serious signs on the economic front (their only unifying factor) the revel fe of this group becomes even less.


Where's S.Africa buddy?!

I think there is a solid argument for strengthening bilateral ties between India and China however. Whichever way you look at it these are going to be the two dominant power houses within most of our lifetimes and the last thing any human needs is for these two not to get along.

I for one am not interested in a Cold War 2.0.

I would disagree that the two most dominating powerhouses in our life time are India and China. But rather, its US and China. The relationship between US and China is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Indians here talk about surpassing China. But China's economy is still half of the US economy. And India's economy is about just 1/9 of the US economy. And all the experts, including the Chinese expert in the link below, regard US-China relationship as the most important in the world.

China-U.S. relationship called 'most important' in world - CNN.com

 

[AViet]

India will catch up with China eventually because of the similar population sizes. But the question is when. Unfortunately, the way our political class are dilly dallying with economic reforms, I think it will be beyond 2040.

Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt will catch up and surpass Germany because one have bigger population, the other two have similar population and soon will surpass, according to your theory.

In the era of knowledge economy, the quality of population, not quantity, to absorb and develop technology will be the most critical.

 

[Koovie]

Yes China is stronger than the other members but we all share many commonalities.
Furthermore, we, as non western countries, really got the chance to build a powerful counterbalance to the west, maybe not as united as them but definitely strong enough to increase the influence of the non western world in the world economy and maybe even in the political field if we manage to bring down our tensions and differences in opinion between our countries.

 

[ashok321]

If Congress of India has its way in this election, Sonia Maino will be the greatest lady on this earth. She would be in forbes and fortune magazine with her tally of 100 Billions. With world leaders like her, India has great future, something even Chinese dont have. Look at her adroitness, no party worker has ever rebelled against her. She is great lady, something China dont have.

 

[shuttler]

If Congress of India has its way in this election, Sonia Maino will be the greatest lady on this earth. She would be in forbes and fortune magazine with her tally of 100 Billions. With world leaders like her, India has great future, something even Chinese dont have. Look at her adroitness, no party worker has ever rebelled against her. She is great lady, something China dont have.

keep that within yourselves. Many thanks!

We dont need a personality like that to help us advancing!

 

[Developereo]

If Japan would grow up and apologize to China, these two countries would make a formidable alliance.

China + Japan would be a powerhouse that would seriously challenge Western domination.

 

[ashok321]

China nervous?

 

[kawaraj]

If Japan would grow up and apologize to China, these two countries would make a formidable alliance.

China + Japan would be a powerhouse that would seriously challenge Western domination.

Good point.

They yet have to overcome sabotages from both nations, rightwings, those US proxies and even the US barefoot intervention.

DPJ is China's ally. DPJ is a huge scapegoat. The winner of the island row, goes to the White House and CIA.

 

[faithfulguy]

China nervous?

India needs to focus on its own issues instead of on China.

 

[neehar]

Reform started in late 1979, there was only a handful of special economic zones during the 80s. Ie, the Pudong side of Shanghai (where you see all the sky scrapers today) did not reform until 1990. The oriental pearl tower for example was only built in 1995 and Shanghai residents could not buy stocks until 1992 - 1993.

all the ground work and palnning started in the early 1970s when the world is debating regarding the capitalist and state intervened economies u've implemented reforms in 1978 besides ur transition was by choice and was more like the last resort..

India needs to focus on its own issues instead of on China.

what makes u think that india is not focusing on its own issues??

 

[faithfulguy]

what makes u think that india is not focusing on its own issues??

There are just way too many Indian articles and interviews about China. The whole Indian press is obsess with China instead of its own issues.

 

[Viet]

BRICS is an artificial club, invented by a investment banker. The 5´s have nothing in common. It is better to dissolve this no-name club, as China plays in another league.

 

[Vinod2070]

I couldn't agree more. China doesn't belong to this group. China and US should form G2 and BRICS should become to RIBS. Moreover there is a danger of China hijacking the BRICS platform for its own gains. A very dominant player is not good for any group.

I think it is fair to day that China has outgrown BRICS over the last decade or so.

Not to say that others have not done well, almost all the BRICS have done better than what the Goldman Sachs report predicted at that time.

These things keep on changing every few years, no need to fret over it.

It was nothing more than an acronym that got popular. The only real impact of the grouping was to point to a trend. And many be some investment decisions got influenced by the term as they do with every new passing fad.

Even now BRICS is more in name than in any real sense. Doesn't matter if China (or India or anyone else) is out or not.

BRICS is an artificial club, invented by a investment banker. The 5´s have nothing in common. It is better to dissolve this no-name club, as China plays in another league.

Well, there are some commonalities for sure but it never amounted to much in the real sense.