China and India are constantly acknowledged in the daily news. Two recent events can be seen as historical benchmarks for those two countries. The first was the opening of China to the outside world, during the decade of the 1980s and the second is the current rise of India. In most of the analysis available today, the focus is on their growing economies. This article seeks to address a different approach, aiming to evaluate what impact their multicultural population could have in a new international order, which, in opposition to what now prevails, would not be based on military strength or economic power. In broader guidelines, the origins and spirituality of those two people will be discussed.
China; Índia; Cultural rise