The Rise Of "Chinindia"

At an elite Tech school near Calcutta, someone is trying to invent the next Blackberry, but one that will sell at a fraction of the U.S. price. Outside Mumbai, they're putting the finishing touches on a $2,200 people's car. In a world-class Shanghai lab, a Chinese team is mapping breakthrough cancer-research.

Now go to the infamous Dharavi slum in Mumbai, and see the teachers combating a staggering national illetracy rate of 37%. At a workers' right center in Guangzhou, hear the strident voices of an embryonic movement that alarms Beijing's authoritarian leaders.

The next superpowers? Societies on the brink of chaos? The countries that will take all other countries jobs? Since India and China have 1/3rd of the world's people, almost anything you say about them will be partly right. China nd India will be both allies and counterweights to America - at the expense of Japan and Europe.

China's competitive edge is shifting from low-cost workers to state-of-the-art manufacturing. India is creating world-class hubs, and it's companies are far better performers than China.

And a market-driven "Chinindia" is fast emerging.