Shalendra D. Sharma, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Politics at University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1993. He also teaches in the MA program of the Department of Economics. Sharma is the author of multiple books and articles, including Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization (2007), The Asian Financial Crisis: Meltdown, Reform and Recovery (2003), and Democracy and Development in India (1999), which won the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Sharma has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and has travelled extensively throughout India and China.

• Introduction: China and India in the age of globalization; 1. Prelude to globalization: China (1949–78) and India (1947–91); 2. China and India embrace globalization; 3. China: strategies and patterns of global integration; 4. India: strategies and patterns of global integration; 5. Sino-Indian relations: partners, friends or rivals?; 6. India and the United States: from estrangement to engagement; 7. The rise of China and its implications for the United States; 8. China and India: future challenges and opportunities.

“The spectacular rise of China and India, already looming on the horizon at the turn of the millennium, promises to cast a long shadow on the 21st century. Shalendra Sharma is unusually well qualified to analyze their economic and political development in comparative perspective. His well-written and wide-ranging book, focusing on these two giants’ integration into the world economy, is aptly suited either for scholarly or recreational reading.” – Lowell Dittmer, University of California at Berkeley

Shalendra D. Sharma, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Politics at University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1993. He also teaches in the MA program of the Department of Economics. Sharma is the author of multiple books and articles, including Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization (2007), The Asian Financial Crisis: Meltdown, Reform and Recovery (2003), and Democracy and Development in India (1999), which won the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Sharma has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and has travelled extensively throughout India and China.

• Introduction: China and India in the age of globalization; 1. Prelude to globalization: China (1949–78) and India (1947–91); 2. China and India embrace globalization; 3. China: strategies and patterns of global integration; 4. India: strategies and patterns of global integration; 5. Sino-Indian relations: partners, friends or rivals?; 6. India and the United States: from estrangement to engagement; 7. The rise of China and its implications for the United States; 8. China and India: future challenges and opportunities.

“The spectacular rise of China and India, already looming on the horizon at the turn of the millennium, promises to cast a long shadow on the 21st century. Shalendra Sharma is unusually well qualified to analyze their economic and political development in comparative perspective. His well-written and wide-ranging book, focusing on these two giants’ integration into the world economy, is aptly suited either for scholarly or recreational reading.” – Lowell Dittmer, University of California at Berkeley

Shalendra D. Sharma, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Politics at University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1993. He also teaches in the MA program of the Department of Economics. Sharma is the author of multiple books and articles, including Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization (2007), The Asian Financial Crisis: Meltdown, Reform and Recovery (2003), and Democracy and Development in India (1999), which won the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Sharma has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and has travelled extensively throughout India and China.

• Introduction: China and India in the age of globalization; 1. Prelude to globalization: China (1949–78) and India (1947–91); 2. China and India embrace globalization; 3. China: strategies and patterns of global integration; 4. India: strategies and patterns of global integration; 5. Sino-Indian relations: partners, friends or rivals?; 6. India and the United States: from estrangement to engagement; 7. The rise of China and its implications for the United States; 8. China and India: future challenges and opportunities.

“The spectacular rise of China and India, already looming on the horizon at the turn of the millennium, promises to cast a long shadow on the 21st century. Shalendra Sharma is unusually well qualified to analyze their economic and political development in comparative perspective. His well-written and wide-ranging book, focusing on these two giants’ integration into the world economy, is aptly suited either for scholarly or recreational reading.” – Lowell Dittmer, University of California at Berkeley