China is touted as the next economic and military superpower, but India may yet overtake it in the new global order.

China's foreign investment inflow is running at $US53 billion a year, as against India's $US5 billion.

India's average growth rate has been about 6 per cent, meaning its 1.1 billion people -- with half China's per capita income -- are falling behind their Chinese counterparts.

Indian visitors to China are almost driven to despair ...

India is plugged into Silicon Valley; China into the Wal-Mart.