India Will Outlast China — Here is Why.
In this video, I take on the myth that authoritarian rule is the key to China’s rise—and show why that narrative is not only wrong, but deeply misleading.
China’s boom began when it turned away from Maoist central planning and embraced market reforms, globalization, and the Western-led global order. Deng Xiaoping didn’t prove that authoritarianism works—he proved it didn’t. Now, under Xi Jinping, that fragile balance is collapsing.
Meanwhile, India—the world’s largest democracy—gets written off because it’s slower. But speed isn’t everything. Resilience is. Democracies can correct themselves. Authoritarian regimes can’t. Just ask Russia. Or Venezuela. Or history.