Most notable examples of both are China and India, where China outperforms India even despite decades of violent Communist rule.

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defrost 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

China, the country was never a colony under British rule - perhaps you're thinking of the island leased to Britain, Hong Kong.

China did have interactions with Britain, disputes over trade, access, addictive drug running, gunboat diplomacy et al. but these usually fall under British Imperialism rather than British Colonialism.

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cycomanic 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think that's the previous posters point. The OP argued that countries were better off in the long run with British colonialism than without. I think China vs India is the counter example.

	▲	defrost a day ago \| parent [-]
		Well spotted, poor reading on my part, it was late (local time) and I took meaning likely not intended.

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philipallstar a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I wouldn't count China as a third world country to compare to, so that's fair enough, but also China is only doing well because it coccooned some capitalism based on English common law and its derivatives, and a limited imitation of the liberal tradition thereof. Of course it's a facade, but it works well enough to lift them out of poverty.

India you should compare to India's trajectory had British rule not occurred.

	▲	defrost 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> India you should compare to India's trajectory had British rule not occurred. How? Fantasize? You do seem to make a lot of unsupported statements that seem more akin to belief than observable facts.