Why has China developed faster than India, in terms of economic, hard, and soft power?

The show also has some discussions on the mainstream drama sub r/television:
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/search?q=Sacred+Games&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
Compare to:
Zhen Huan Zhuan (Empresses in the Palace) https://www.reddit.com/r/television/search?q=Empresses+in+the+Palace&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
Three Kingdoms:
https://old.reddit.com/r/television/search?q=Three+Kingdoms&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
Bu Bu Jing Xin (Scarlet Heart)
https://old.reddit.com/r/television/search?q=Scarlet+Heart&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all

Oversea grosses of Indian movies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films_in_overseas_markets

The Wandering Earth, the only recent mainland Chinese movie with some international appeal: World boxoffice: $6,9976,0773
China boxoffice: $6,9099,4017 So only $8.76 millions oversea.

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