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No doubt a strong central government would have given India a less chaotic Commonwealth games, but there is more to life than badminton and rhythmic gymnastics. India’s state may be weak, but its private companies are strong. Indian capitalism is driven by millions of entrepreneurs all furiously doing their own thing. Since the early 1990s, when India dismantled the “licence raj” and opened up to foreign trade, Indian business has boomed. The country now boasts legions of thriving small businesses and a fair number of world-class ones whose English-speaking bosses network confidently with the global elite. They are less dependent on state patronage than Chinese firms, and often more innovative: they have pioneered the $2,000 car, the ultra-cheap heart operation and some novel ways to make management more responsive to customers. Ideas flow easily around India, since it lacks China’s culture of secrecy and censorship. That, plus China’s rampant piracy, is why knowledge-based industries such as software love India but shun the Middle Kingdom.
India’s individualistic brand of capitalism may also be more robust than China’s state-directed sort. Chinese firms prosper under wise government, but bad rulers can cause far more damage in China than in India, because their powers are so much greater. If, God forbid, another Mao were to seize the reins, there would be no mechanism for getting rid of him.

A. 어휘
chaotic 대혼란의, 무질서의. gymnastics 체조. 체육.
state 상태. Commonwealth games 영연방 체육대회.
entrepreneurs 기업가, 청부업자. furiously 맹렬히, 광란하여.
dismantle 해체하다, 제거하다. raj 통치, 지배(인도).
legions 고대 로마의 보병군단, 군단. legions of 無數(무수)한, 매우 많은.
thriving 번창하는. confidently 자신 있게. patronage 보호, 후원.
innovative 혁신적인. ultra-cheap heart operation 초저가의 심장수술.
novel 새로운, 참신한. censorship 檢閱(검열). rampant 맹렬한, 만연하는.
piracy 저작권 침해, 剽竊(표절), 가짜상품 만들기, 해적질.
shun 피하다. the Middle Kingdom 중국. robust 튼튼한, 건장한.
damage 손상, 피해. reins 권력, 지배권, 고삐.