Then and now, an introduction -- Part I. Fake socialism, 1947-1964. An uncertain beginning -- The path not taken -- Nehru's dangerous gamble -- Nehru doubles his bet -- Tagore's unheard song -- Mr. Nehru's tragedy, democracy's first betrayal -- Part II. Violence, 1964-1984.Shastri's brave...

"China's economic development over the past four decades has been marked by several consequential policies. In the early 1990s, the Chinese state centralized its fiscal base and boosted the power of the central government; in the late 1990s, "national champions" in the state sector were...