I used to be an Indian and I spent many years in China. Its almost impossible to not compare the two. Both have massive populations and quite frankly have a lot

I used to be an Indian and I spent many years in China. Its almost impossible to not compare the two. Both have massive populations and quite frankly have a lot in common in terms of culture (lavish weddings, fillial piety, obsessive competition, etc). Both countries are also extremely diverse in terms of cuisine and languages (although CCP has done a lot in the way of erasing dialects). Both countries also have problems with corruption in the government. And yes, I've seen bus drivers go on strike in China (People everywhere are the same, push them too far and shit will hit the wall. Incidentally, I have no idea where the said bus drivers are now... probably deemed too dangerous). In my opinion the difference in infrastructure is also partly because (1) China is much more resource rich and less population dense. Look at the tibetan plateaus and the deserts, nobody lives in these places. On the otherhand in India everywhere you go there are people.(2) A failure of infrastructure is far more dangerous for the CCP than the Indian government. Don't believe me? Find out what the people of wuhan have to say to the mayor of wuhan. (3) Corruption in China has found a way of symbiotically working together for the benefit of many. Currently, China does not have protests because their infrastructure just works. Wages have significantly improved. For the vast majority of people, they have gone from not having food to now having children who ar university graduates. Also thanks to the trade war and racism faced by Chinese overseas, it is even easier for the CCP to sell nationalism and a unified identity to the Chinese. If however, their infrastructure fails, I'm pretty sure there would be 1.1 billion angry people and unlike the Indian government which is used to protests, the Chinese government would collapse under its own weight.