Only small brain Indians compare war time economcy with peace time economy, and do you know KMT looted all wealth from the mainland and took them to Taiwan? all the gold and foreign reserves, they even all the treaure from the forbidden city, now if we want to see the real historic treasures, we have to go to Taipei forbidden city, you igorant Indians know nothing about what you are talking about.
Besides, in 1940's India's econoy was even bigger than China's, why now yours is less than one fifth of ours?
Per capita wise, richest countries tend to be small in population, rich in natural resources
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Chinese city of Macao is the richest place in the world, but it doesn't really reflect the level of development. Give a choice of living in Macao and Shenzhen, very few would choose the first.