Textile Industries in India & China

Executive Summary 1

Introduction 3

RegionalSpecific Factors 4

Political Characteristics 4

Social Characteristics 6

Economic and Technological 11 Characteristics

IndustrySpecific Factors 15

Entry Barriers 16

Bargaining Power 19

Industry Rivalries 21

Substitution Threat 22

Conclusion 22

Endnotes 24

Bibliography 27

The textile industries in India and the People's Republic of China were examined. Apparel and textiles are often considered as separate industries, as the latter produces the fibers and fabrics and the former produces finished garments from those fibers and fabrics. In an economic context, however, the problems faced by the two industries have been strikingly similar, and the two industries are often considered as if they were a single industry. The unified approach to apparel an

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ast and varied educational system. There are preschools, kindergartens, schools for the deaf and for the blind, key schools (which are similar to college preparatory high schools), primary schools, secondary schools (which include junior and middle schools, secondary agricultural and vocational schools, ordinary secondary schools, secondary teachers' schools, secondary technical schools, and secondary professional schools), and a wide variety of institutions of higher education. The adult literacy rate in 1992 was 86 percent. Within the illiterate 20 percent, 70 percent were female. In the People's Republic of China, 90 percent of school aged children attend school. Life expectancy at birth in China is 61 years. The child death rate (age 0to1 year) is 2.0 percent; the comparable figure for the industrial economies is 1.0 percent. There is one physician per approximately 677 persons in China, and one hospital bed per approximately 438 persons. Communal living and production was a part of Chinese life long before the arrival of socialist government. The common ownership of land by a village commune is a principal characteristic of the Asiatic mode of production which has been prevalent in China for centuries. With t
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