Emerging market giants: Ten charts comparing India and China

On 70th anniversary of India's independence

To mark 70 years since India became independent, Ed Smith, asset allocation strategist at Rathbones, shares ten charts to compare the economies of two emerging market behemoths - India and China.

To mark 70 years since India became independent, Ed Smith, asset allocation strategist at Rathbones, shares ten charts to compare the economies of two emerging market giants - India and China.  India is facing another struggle as its diplomatic relations with China deteriorate over a border dispute in the 'Sikkim trijunction', where India, Bhutan and Tibet meet. However, as Smith points out, India on many measures, looks very similar today to China around the start of the millennia. As comparisons are made regarding the military intentions of the two emerging market behemoths, Rath...