You have setup a straw man here, I hope you realize that. I have never been to China but I will accept that living conditions there - are better than India. Ho

You have setup a straw man here, I hope you realize that. I have never been to China but I will accept that living conditions there - are better than India. However, we _are_ somewhat proud of our democracy (even though we hate it most of the time) and compared to China human rights situation and freedom of speech is more respected in India. Yes, you can pick few cases where - some right wing idiots pulled a stunt here and there but those things were criticized by everyone and afaik govt. and police does seem to work to protect that freedom.