Neither India nor China are considered industrialized countries. It could very well be that the person I replied to did not know what the phrase meant though, b

Neither India nor China are considered industrialized countries. It could very well be that the person I replied to did not know what the phrase meant though, but it does have a very specific definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country > A developed country, industrialized country (or post-industrial country), more developed country, or more economically developed country (MEDC), is a sovereign state that has a developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.