No, it is very different.
When we look at the gap between the US and China, almost all Chinese (90+%
would acknowledge it and most of them are willing to address the gap. As we know the life quality and the innovative people over there, we know how the outside world looks like and we want to catch up. We don't give excuses, we have such a big gap because of our own faults.
The same can't be said when it comes to the gap between China and india.
How many different excuses you have ever used or heard regarding the gap between China and india?
How many indian know the 30-40 years gap between Shanghai and Mumbai? At least your current PM doesn't know it, he claimed 5 years ago that Mumbai is going to overtake Shanghai in 5 years.
How many indian know the fact that even our poor families on social security can afford to have AC at home?
How many indian know the fact that our "copied" Su-27 (named J-11B) is more powerful/lighter/cheaper/more flexible than Su-27 according to almost all western sources?
How many indian know the fact that China's software industry is way more stronger (generating twice as much the GDP) than the indian one? how many indian know the fact that they can talk to their friends on mobile because Chinese companies are supplying india with mobile phones, mobile network backbone devices?
How many indian know the fact that Tibet's per capita GDP is higher than india's even when Tibet is considered as the least developed area in China?
How many indian know the fact that we sale 12 million cars every damn single year in China?
How many indian know the fact that more than 10 million of the above damn cars are made in China?
How many indian know the fact that many Chinese see the regime in new delhi as an evil monster that keeps spending billions on weapons while totally neglecting the daily lives of 1 billion indian?
given such "good" knowledge about your rising neighbor, how can you find out the root of your problem? how can you fix the problem? how can you win the competition? or are you still dreaming that China and india can live peacefully next to each other and enjoy a happy 21th century?
the gap between india and China is widening, in military strength, in education, in science and tech, in economy, in living conditions, in life expectancy, in international influence.
oh, let's don't forget democracy, please keep carrying that banner, even when we bomb your capital. Here you go:
"New Delhi and Mumbai should only be bombed and occupied by democratic foreign nations, as we are democratic!"
thermonuclear Bomb upto
200 Kilo Tonnes! wowo. let's celebrate. The first Thermonuclear Bomb we tested in 1960s was
3300 kilo tonnes, grow up, we are not in the same scale.