讲座介绍 ：

Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US.

About Hans Rosling


As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa.

内容摘要：

1. I realized that perhaps the Western world will not continue to dominate the world forever.Asia will regain its dominant position as the leading part of the world, as it used to be.

2. 1858 was a year of great technological advancement in the West. But For India, China and Japan, this is a beginning of a nightmare.

3. On this axis, as I used to have income per person in comparable dollar. And on that axis I have life expectancy, the health of people.

4. To 1978, China and India, decided to go not only for health and education, but also starting to grow their economy. It is the whole emerging economies of the world.

5. But you see these enormous inequity in China（eg:shanghai and Guizhou), in the midst of fast economic growth.

6. They will catch up, and it will happen precisely the year 2048 in the later part of the summer, in July, more precisely, the 27th of July.