What do Indians think of China?

Indians in China mainly live in Beijing and Shanghai. This is the way they look at China:

Amit Waikar, chairman of the Indian Association of Shanghai, thinks that Shanghai is very safe.

Amit Waikar, president of the Indian Association of Shanghai, is from Nagpur, central India. In 2009, Wykar was sent to Shanghai by a German company at that time as the senior vice president of sales in Asia Pacific. Now, his eldest son 1 1 and his 7-year-old son are both studying in Shanghai. In 20 12, Wykar was elected as the chairman of Indian Association, which was formed by the merger of Shanghai Indian Women's Federation and Shanghai Indian Merchants Federation in 2006. During his three years in charge, the number of members increased from 700 to 1500. On the website of the Association of India, the mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses of all members of the Committee can be found, and the names and mobile phone numbers of members of the Association are also published in the annual journal.

Waikar said that the Indian Association often organizes public welfare activities to contact the feelings of Indians in China, such as the annual Indian Diwali public welfare party. In addition, they are also willing to make some contributions to Shanghai citizens. Last June, 1 1, hundreds of members of the Indian Association participated in blood donation in Shanghai Blood Center. In June this year 14 World Blood Donation Day, the Association will also hold such activities. Wykar said: "We are very happy to do so." During the interview, Waikar praised China people for their punctuality and diligence many times. He also said, "Every time I meet a new Indian, I will tell him that Shanghai gives us more security than many other places in the world. We should award a safety award to Shanghai. "

Pradeep Kumar and his wife Ann Rita live in a high-rise apartment in Binjiang Garden of Shanghai World Trade Center. When the weather is fine, their living room overlooks the Huangpu River. In this upscale community, there are always 70 or 80 Indian families. Kumar is from the Indian capital, New Delhi, and has worked as an executive in multinational companies in Japan, Singapore, China, Hongkong and Shanghai. In 2006, Kumar saw the opportunity of consulting industry in China, founded his own consulting company, and was also a partner of another consulting company. He told the Global Times reporter that China's GDP was growing rapidly at that time, and relevant policies made it very easy for multinational companies to invest and operate in China, and their business development prospects were very good.

Life in Shanghai makes the Kumar family very satisfied. Rita, a Chinese aunt who said she danced in the square dance and has become a grandmother, said, "The elderly in China are more active and happier than those in India. Retirement seems to be the beginning of their new life. " As the whole family are vegetarians, Rita also teaches hourly workers to cook Indian food, which greatly improves their happiness in living in Shanghai. Now, Rita is a member of a non-profit organization called "Rice Mom" in Shanghai. They are committed to helping the disadvantaged children in Shanghai. Rita said: "Indians are very different from Westerners. China people think that we are half foreigners because of our language and appearance, and also because of our Asian characteristics. I am very happy that the locals have accepted us. "

2. Mahno Pastakaya, general manager of Indian restaurant of Taj Hotel, said: "India should learn from China.

Indians living in China are sometimes willing to compare the two countries. Mahno Pastakaya is the general manager of Indian Restaurant of Taj Hotel, and he has worked in China for 24 years. 1997 married China's wife, and 1998 opened the first Indian restaurant in Beijing International Trade Center. Pastakaya majored in hotel management. After graduation, she started a business in India and came up with the idea of "industrial kitchen", which is similar to takeaway, but the progress is not smooth. A few years later, he decided to go out to explore. He once considered the Middle East, which is popular with Indians, where there are more than 7 million Indians, until a friend asked him, "Do you want to go to China together?" . In that era when information was relatively closed, Pastakaya knew nothing about China, but he made a choice. Soon after I came to China, I met Ms. Zheng, who can speak English. In Pastakaya's words, "Indian culture and China culture are really different. We have been dating seriously for several years, 1997 got married. " At that time, he wanted to buy curry and other spices from his hometown and go to the Friendship Store. Now it is much more convenient, and online shopping can solve it. Talking about the changes in Beijing, Pastakaya Kan Kan said: "The Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road, which were just built at that time, were soon congested again. It is not surprising that there will be seven rings in Beijing in the future. " He will also complain about the smog in Beijing, but he thinks that "pollution is related to development, no country is the same, and India also has pollution", and Beijing has been much better in recent years, and there are almost no sandstorms.

Pastakaya's Indian restaurant in Beijing is very popular and attracts many celebrities. In just a few years, he opened two more branches. Business is on the right track, which makes Pastakaya more keen on spreading Indian culture. He said: "Many people in China have the impression that yoga is to lose weight and keep fit. In fact, it emphasizes breathing meditation, which is used to cultivate self-cultivation. I hope I can do my part to let more China people know about India. "

Shanni from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, is an only child. She has a nice Chinese name "Moonlight", which was named by a China girl who went to India that year. Moonlight likes this name very much. Only when she came to China did she know that "moonlight" had a new meaning. However, this cheerful girl said with a smile: "It is impossible to develop into a' moonlight clan' in China, which is why I came to China." Moonlight said that India has a large population, and many people have brothers and sisters. Only children like her are rare.

Moonlight's father does business in England, China and Hongkong. /kloc-When I first came to China at the age of 0/3, my first stop was Hongkong, and then I went to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Moonlight said, "You asked 100 whether Indians adapted when they first came to China, but 99 said they didn't, because the cultural differences between India and China are very big. But I am very adaptable, I think it is because I have been associated with China since I was a child. " Now, her favorite snack in China is still Cantonese shrimp dumplings. A year and a half ago, Moonlight went to Beijing to study for university of international business and economics's MBA. When talking about why he chose China University instead of a famous American university, Yue Guang said that India was once a British colony, Hindi and English were both official languages, and the knowledge he learned in Indian business schools was modeled on Europe and America. Therefore, choosing to study in the United States is of little significance. On the contrary, she thinks that China will definitely surpass the United States in 20 or 30 years, so she wants to "stay in China after graduation and witness history". Moonlight said that there are many places in India that are worth learning from China. I noticed that the staff of shopping malls, tourist attractions consulting offices and highway toll stations in China are mostly women, and these jobs are all done by men in India.

Nitin Dani from Bangalore became interested in China when she was studying in Italy. 20 1 1 After graduation, Dany came to Shanghai. Now, he is the head of an environmental protection organization called "Green Initiative" and works as an indoor photographer and architectural consultant. The "Green Initiative" often organizes activities to promote environmental protection, such as inviting experts and executives from the environmental protection industry to give lectures every month, and hundreds of people attend each lecture. Dani is not interested in political topics, but more concerned about the environmental protection measures of the China government. "In India, environmental protection is not as important as in China," Dani said. The main challenge facing the Indian government is still the construction of infrastructure such as electricity and water supply. Air pollution and food safety issues have only recently received attention. "

Dani thinks that the governance of the China government is excellent. For example, he said, "Compared with Shanghai, the traffic in Bangalore is very poor. 10 km, it will take me an hour or more. " However, he thinks that India has advantages in tourism, and the scenery and customs have not changed, while in China, "everything is decorated and westernized". For Dani, he wants to simplify the visa procedures for coming to China.

3. Indian scholar: "India and China should not miss the opportunity by dwelling on the past."

Dr. Mabel Miao, Executive Secretary of China and Globalization Think Tank, said: The 45,000 Indians living and working in China have promoted China's reform and opening up, and people-to-people exchanges can enhance understanding and promote the economic, trade and cultural development of China and India. But the Indian population in China is not enough.

An Indian scholar who lived in China for eight years but did not want to be named said: The media in India and China sometimes have negative reports on each other's countries, such as speculating on border topics. In fact, ordinary Indians don't pay much attention to these reports. He believes that European and American media often have negative reports on India, which is normal, and the West is unwilling to accept the fact that other countries have risen. Speaking of the 1962 war, he believes that India-China cooperation is the future development trend, and it would be a pity if we miss the opportunity because we are entangled in the past. He also said, "Prime Minister Modi paid a friendly visit to China and hoped that India and China would look forward." In the past, Indian leaders liked to cover their ears and make their own decisions, but Modi didn't. He prefers to listen to other people's opinions and is more open and friendly. Therefore, he won the hearts of many overseas Indians, and many Indians specially returned to China to vote for Modi.

Kumar said: "At the folk level, India and China can be said to trust each other. But at the government level, each other is a little too cautious. I wanted to take some China companies to India before, but it took the Indian government a long time to complete the relevant procedures. In China, it is easy for American companies to register, and it is also easy for my company to register in China. " He believes that China is growing steadily and India is developing rapidly. "The two countries should adopt new ways of thinking to achieve common prosperity."

Indians in China experience the differences between China and India and lament that China has more opportunities and is safer.

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