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In our timeline it is known that India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, leaps and bounds ahead of the other regional powerhouse China who is only now managing to catch up. Some say the reason for this is that China's multi-party democracy slows down decision-making processes and hampers progress. Often the parties in parliament cannot agree which leads to political gridlock and stalemate.

Contrast this with the People's Republic of India. The ruling Communist Party of India has been in power, unchallenged for half a century. During this time India has been a major player on the world stage, being the third country to develop nuclear weapons after the Indo-Soviet Split. The PRI is seen by many in the west as the next superpower and the US' biggest rival. From crushing the Kashmir separatists to invading Pakistan and holding a monopoly over the Indian Ocean, India is not seen very favourably in the West.

This is why I'm asking what the world would be like if the roles were reversed, if China was under a single-party Communist state and India was a multi-party democracy. Would China be the bigger power of the two or would India still remain on top. What would happen to the Special Economic Autonomous Region of Goa?
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