I read your last argument. I hadn't followed the whole debate. But anyway, dude, I don't really buy your argument because China's annual growth rate is at around 9%, while that of India's is between 6-8% (estimate varies of course). Another point I'd like to make is that 36% of Chinese live in Urban areas, while the rest( 64%) in rural areas.In India's case, approximately 60% live in rural areas. Anybody with a knowledge in this field would tell you that China is growing at a faster pace than India. Sure, both India and China have potential, nobody's gonna deny that. So I would say that in terms of rural developments, China and India are about equal. However, here's the deal: a sizable number of Chinese live in Xinjiang and Tibet, and these people have been ignored because they're not "ethnic Chinese". However, last I heard, even in Xinjiang province, Han Chinese have taken over the indigenous population. Only recently in the Washington Post, I read this one article that suggested that the indigenous population felt that they were being ignored by the Chinese government, and were in fact not "feeling" China's economic prosperity. I personally think that China has a bigger "poor vs rich" divide than India. After all, I am not aware of any Chinese billioinaires except those in Hong Kong. Another point to make here is that as a country makes progress, the rich-poor divide will narrow. America, for example, had a bigger rich-poor divide in the past, than it does today. With more job opportunities, the problem will solve by itself. Now, America did go through it's own depression before FDR came up with his "new deal". I don't really believe in handouts and welfare. I think that if you want to succeed in life, you gotta pull yourself up your bootstraps, put some elbow grease, and start truckin. The difference between the really rich vs the really poor is motivation. I mean look at Bill Gates. The guy is a workaholic, for crying out loud. Many of these poor people are good-for-nothing bums who laze around doing nothing but swat flies all night long. So let's think about it for a second. This is exactly why socialism does not really work. The difference is in terms of motivation. Why should a hard-working individual let his tax dollars be wasted on some lazy bum who does nothing but sleep all day long? Do you know what I am saying dude? Your argument is that America's rich-wide divide is smaller than that of India's or China's. Of course that's true. That has to do with the fact that it is a developed nation. India and China will also narrow the divide as it develops. Fact of life dude. As to benefits, come on dude, Nepal's government is just so damn poor. Where will the money come from?