I agree with your pov. But we do have to appreciate Chinese growth. The Chinese government is structured in such a way that whatever the government desires, it gets that done asap. Like for instance building a road. When the government decides they want a road from A to B, it gets done. Asap.
However in India, if the Government wants a road from A to B, it first has to deal with the local land owners - many would be farmers - and then local politicians and last but not the least, vested interests. Then after everything falls into place, through a consensus, the road will be built, but it would go from A to C then to D and then finally ending at B, long after the deadline passes. Get the point?
I hate this kind of inefficiency but on the brighter side, everyone is happy because, neither of the parties - the farmers, local land owners, local politicians and vested interests get what they demanded but all got want they needed.
This is a classic anti-CCP propaganda spew by western media on the daily basis. Chinese govt bulldoze the people's home and abuse their human rights..blahblah...
First of all, compulsory land acquisition is legal in almost every country in the world, including China, Japan, the US, India, etc. The term for land acquisition in American laws is "eminent domain". Google it you've never heard of that. Many Indian farmers and slum residents also protest against their government because of it.
Also, Chinese government can not acquire land in a manner "whatever they want" as you stated. if the govt want to acquire land from local residents, they need to stipulate a compensation criterion, which is higher than market value, and negotiate with every property owner. if the residents refuse to make way, the govt have to sue them to the court and let the law to judge. And statistics indicates the odds for the government to win a lawsuit with citizens is lower in China than that in the US. Even if the residents are not satisfied with the result and they can appeal to the superior court.
Actually, land acquisition is a good opportunity to get rich overnight, in 2009, Shenzhen city government acquire the land from a village called gangxia, after a long time negotiation, 10 familiies get a compensation of over 100million yuan, which is roughly 20million USD for each familiy. If you cannot read chinese use Google translator to read this news for details
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My grandpa's sister lived in Shanghai, she and her husband and her two sons' families and her daughter, some 10 persons live in shabby room in the old town of shanghai before mid-1990s. That's exactly how ordinary shanghai families live two decades ago. the government acquire their shabby room in the urban renewal project and give them three brand new apartments in a nice residential complex for free. Do you want to know how western media say? BBC said that shanghai government bulldoze the local people's property for showcase project and hire several people cry for their "human rights" under spotlight. I guess you know better than we do how many Bombay officials would solve the slum problem at the expense of their own political career.
Do you want to know what is efficiency? Last year, my passport expires and I applied a new one at the police bureau at my hometown. they handled 60 applicants in half a hour before me, a pretty policewomen kindly points out the mistakes in my application form and help me the correct it. At last, I need to press a number button in grading machine to evaluate her performance. if she didn't perform well, she will be fired. On the third day, i got my new passport by courier service. On the contrary, here in United States, you need to make appointments for trivial things and these lazy govt officials make you wait for weeks if not months for everything.
I do not believe it.
