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Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK
China and India: Key facts
Explore how economic growth is changing the world's two most populous countries into increasingly powerful forces.


WORKERS' STORIES

Fuelling growth
India and China's economic footsoldiers describe their lives

KEY STORIES

China set to be largest economy
Calcutta takes cue from China
Chinese growth 'to remain strong'
India to implement caste quotas

Yao MingThe first of many?
Basketball player Yao Ming is a truly global Chinese brand
BBC Mumbai business correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports on India's ambitions in the years and decades aheadFactory farming
India's manufacturing boom sparks high hopes for the future
Manmohan Singh and Wen JiabaoAsian test
Why social stability underpins success for India and China

FOCUS ON CHINA

Composer Max Zhao China 2026: What will life be like?
Quentin Sommerville in Shanghai asks what's in store for China.

FOCUS ON INDIA

Women learning to bake papadi India 2026: What will life be like?
Karishma Vaswani travels to Rajasthan to explore the future for India's poor.

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Construction worker Hu Xiuqing Workers fuelling China and India
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The high price of illness in China
China's rural millions left behind
Boom times at China's factories
What is America's China problem?

India's fast buck era looks over
Is rural poverty plan working?
Education barrier for India's poor
India's labour laws problem

THE WORLD VIEW
US warns over Chinese military
India and China 'to boost Africa'
China 'threat to UK economy'

BBC Shanghai correspondent Quentin Sommerville asks which factors might hold back ChinaRoad to riches?
China shifts spending towards pensions, health and education
BBC Mumbai business correspondent Karishma Vaswani asks whether red tape will hold back India's growth in the years and decades aheadWill India trip up?
How bad is red tape in India, and how bad is it for business?
Chinese YuanHave Your Say
What will be the global impact of China and India's growth?

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