Promoting the understanding of the impressive economic growth and social transformation in China and India, the authors demonstrate the diverse economic, political, social, cultural, international and historical conditions in these two developing countries and point out the theoretical problems of comparative development models in particular.

The authors assess how China and India's growth and development experiences relate to the broad world experiences of modern economic growth and development

Introduction: Development Experiences and Development Models; X.Huang & A.C.Tan Growth Paradigms of China and India: A Conventional Framework of Growth Analysis; D.K.Das A Demand Supply Analysis of China's and India's Economic Growth; S.Chatterjee One Economics, Many Recipes: An Institutional Approach to Explaining Economic Growth; J.Fu From Dingzhou to Nandigram: Social Conflict, Party Society and Inter-Government Dynamics; L.Guang Regime Types, Political Change and Economic Development: The Cases of India and China; B.Zhiyue China and India: Education in Paths to Prosperity; K.B.Kumar & Y.Liu Labor Movement and Economic Growth: Shaping and Managing the Lewis Transition in China and India; J.Young China's Economic Growth Engine: The Likely Types of Hardware Failure, Software Failure and Power Supply Failure; W.T.Woo Comparing National Sustainability in China and India; B.Gilley The 'Living Wisdom' of China's Development Experience; Z.Deng Conclusion: The End of Development Models?; X.Huang