After a couple of centuries of relative stagnation, these two countries, containing nearly two-fifths of the world’s population, have experienced remarkably rapid income growth in the last three decades. In manufacturing and services (particularly software, business processing, etc.), respectively, China and India have made huge strides internationally, and their acquisition of global companies has attracted considerable attention.
在经历了两个世纪的相对停滞后，这两个合共拥有全球2/5人口的国家在过去30年里经历了快速的收入增长。中国的制造业和印度的服务业（特别是软件制造和业务流程外包等）给国际社会带来了巨大的冲击，而他们对全球企业的收购行为也引发了外界的广泛关注。