The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria [133]
human rights, 88–89, 93, 97, 121–27, 157–58, 173, 242, 256, 260, 274
Humphrey, Hubert, 283
Huntington, Samuel P., 53, 87
Hussein, Saddam, 189, 248n, 274
Hwa Chong Institution, 211
hyperinflation, 25
“hyperpower,” 246
IBM, 104
Ignatius, David, 270
Ikenberry, John, 256
Immelt, Jeffrey, 204, 258
immigration, 16, 61, 87, 167, 213–16, 224, 233, 272, 276, 278, 283
Imperial China, 62–74, 76, 77, 84, 86, 122–25
Imperial Germany, 186n, 192, 195, 257, 261, 266–67
imperialism, 42, 258–59, 261–63
Imperial Japan, 36–37, 38, 84, 134–35, 196
income levels, 23, 67, 113–14, 148, 206, 207, 212, 216, 217–18, 219, 282
independent regulatory agencies, 90
India, 31, 145–83, 281
agriculture in, 151, 160
ancient civilization of, 64, 65, 67, 70, 77, 82–83
as Asian country, 151–52, 173, 181
author as native of, 205, 210, 271, 283, 284–85
automobiles in, 110, 111, 149, 229–30
banking industry of, 153, 157
billionaires in, 149, 155
British rule of, 36, 37, 60, 81, 84, 89, 94, 97–98, 151, 154, 156, 158–59, 161, 162–63, 164, 170, 173, 179
capitalism in, 74, 113–15, 152–53, 157, 167
caste system of, 74, 180–81
China compared with, 64, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 146, 147–51, 152, 157, 159, 167, 169, 175–78, 181–82, 257
Chinese relations with, 133, 143, 165, 166, 169, 173, 257
coal power in, 34
Communist Party of, 158
Constituent Assembly of, 154
Constitution of, 150
consumerism in, 151–52
corruption in, 156–57
credit in, 152–53
culture of, 64, 67, 70, 77, 82–83, 88, 93, 94, 95, 99, 169–74
as democracy, 40, 108, 109, 113, 117, 145, 150, 152, 154, 156–62, 167, 169, 172, 173, 176, 178–83
demographics of, 148
as developing country, 151–53, 157–62, 169, 175, 177, 181
diversity of, 178–83
domestic market of, 48
economic reform in, 108, 159–62, 169, 178
economy of, xii, 2–3, 23, 40–41, 48, 55, 65, 74, 86, 108, 113–15, 117, 145–62, 166–67, 169, 175, 178, 181, 200, 226–27, 249
education in, 82–83, 109, 155, 157–58, 160, 161, 204–8, 210
Election Commission of, 157
as emerging market, 39, 53, 258
emigration from, 167
energy needs of, 30, 34, 176
engineers trained in, 204–8
female literacy in, 157
film industry of, 90, 94, 147, 153–55
foreign investment in, 153
foreign policy of, 162–78
free markets in, 23
global influence of, 53, 146–48, 164–78, 181, 256–57, 269
government of, 145, 150, 156–67, 177–83
gross domestic product (GDP) of, 49, 66, 145, 148, 151, 152, 157, 249
growth rate for, 2, 145–56, 158, 159–62, 166, 169, 178, 182, 249
health care in, 155, 157–58, 160, 161
Hinduism in, 74, 75, 97–98, 146, 169–74, 180
HIV rate in, 149, 161
human rights in, 88–89, 97, 157–58, 173
income levels of, 148, 207
independence of, 154, 159, 162
industrialization of, 151
inflation in, 145
infrastructure of, 149–53, 159
languages of, 93, 151, 168, 179, 180
legal system of, 150, 157
literacy rate in, 157–58
living standards in, 66–67
manufacturing sector of, 22, 148–49, 151, 153
mass media in, 154–55, 173
middle class of, 160
military forces of, 164, 167, 174–78, 249, 260
modernization of, 74, 145–49, 151
multinational corporations in, 60
Muslim minority in, 12, 158–59, 172, 180–81
nationalism in, 41, 145, 158–59, 180–83
nonalignment policy of, 163–66, 177
nuclear weapons of, 54, 167, 174–78, 249, 260
oil needs of, 30
Pakistan’s relations with, 145, 165, 172, 176
political parties in, 154, 156–62, 178, 179–80
population of, 23, 31, 66, 145, 147–48, 178–83
poverty in, 3, 146, 149, 150, 155–58, 169, 177
private sector of, 148–53, 160–61
regional governments in, 145, 161–62, 178–83
service sector of, 43, 148, 151, 229
socialism in, 157, 161, 173, 178
taxation in, 236
technology sector of, 28, 50, 148–49, 161, 204–8
as UN member, 165n
urbanization of, 150, 153–55, 160, 166
U.S. compared with, 155–56, 200, 226–27
U.S. relations with, 54–55, 144, 160, 166–68, 173, 174–78, 182, 249–50, 263, 264, 266, 269, 271, 274, 283
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