Chindia
n.— «An accelerating trend is that technical and managerial skills in both China and India are becoming more important than cheap assembly labor. China will stay dominant in mass manufacturing, and is one of the few nations building multibillion-dollar electronics and heavy industrial plants. India is a rising power in software, design, services, and precision industry. This raises a provocative question: What if the two nations merge into one giant “Chindia?”» —“A New World Economy” BusinessWeek Aug. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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