The two Indias
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India is an economically vibrant nation with strong annual gross domestic product growth (GDP) rates, yet it also also a nation where poverty is a persistent problem. Some 150 million Indians are estimated to have attained middle class status, but 250 million lack the funds to obtain sufficient daily food.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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War and peace: the ominous trends around the world
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Resurgent nationalist movements and intensified ethnic conflicts are the key crises that must be confronted, but there are signs that neither the US nor the UN are equipped to deal with such issues. Other likely problems in 1995 include a succession struggle in China and growing Russian belligerence.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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China's challenge
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China's cities are undergoing a fast-paced wave of development, as exemplified by Shanghai's Pudong Special Economic Zone, but much of rural China remains deeply mired in poverty. Intractable population growth and increasing income disparities could slow China's economic transformation.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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