Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Tel: +82-2-880-8518, Fax: +82-2-2-879-1496, E-mail: cmoon@snu.ac.kr, jimmynparc@gmail.com.
The conventional view regarding the emergence of India and China is that the two are locked in a competitive struggle in order to gain supremacy over one another. However, some scholars and observers have voiced the desire for a new perspective that demonstrates vast potential for these new economic giants to engage in a cooperative relationship to facilitate mutual gains. Cooperation and competition between countries should be judged by comprehensively analyzing the important factors from which national competitiveness is derived. Previous studies on India and China, however, have focused only on a limited number of determinants for national competitiveness. These existing approaches have often not reflected exactly the reality of the situation. This paper critically reviews existing studies and employs a new analytical tool for national competitiveness in order to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the competitiveness of India and China. The empirical results show that India and China have a more cooperative rather than competitive relationship with each other.
China, Chindia, cooperation, competition, India, national competitiveness, strategy, strategic simulation
