Re: China question again

[Anthony D'Costa <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not done any field research in China but having met many China
specialists (Chinese and non-Chinese) it is apparent that China's
technological capability is increasing.  Obviously there are areas
where the rate of convergence is faster than in others.  China does
have a good S&T establishment, better than India's, it's engineers are
as good as Indians or better.  Where it is different (relative to
Japan) is organizational and teamwork (but for the Japanese everyone
else lacks teamwork!). Relative to India, China is weaker on the
"entrepreneurial front", i.e. not the Schumpeterian sort of risk taking
but at an individual level, willing think creatively (or more blandly in
unstructured ways).  This I believe is an institutional product, which
are very different in the two countries.  Hence management skills of
highly technically trained tends to be better in India.  But in other
areas India is behind China.  That's my impression.

Cheers, a
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Comparative International Development
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, John Gulick wrote:

> I've seen of lots of arguments on both sides of the issue, but haven't
> sorted through them enough to credibly weigh in. But if China does indeed
> possess the capacity to efficiently produce higher value-added consumer
> goods, wouldn't going in this direction orient its manufacturing base all
> the more toward the external market -- precisely at odds with what the 4th
> generation leaders of the
> CCP claim their "harmonious and sustainable society" policy is all about?
>
> John Gulick
> Knoxville, TN
>
> Michael Perelman asks:
>
> > I have asked this quesiton several times before, always receiving
> > excellent answers. So here is the NY Times saying that China will be
> > moving up the value chain to compete with the more advanced economies.
> > How feasable will that be?