China and India: A Reality Check | 2012 | Publications

China and India: A Reality Check

Eric Heginbotham and George Gilboy

East Asia Forum, July 15, 2012

China and India are rising economic and military powers with troubled borders, internal security challenges, domestic inequalities, incomplete economic reforms and uncertain ambitions.

Despite the uncertainties they face, the rise of China and India — particularly China’s growing relative power — is causing alarm in Asia and the US.