Can India beat china ?
Of course it can. We have the resources, we have the intellectual capacity, we have the manpower and if you notice, some of the best of the brains in the world are Indians. The best of the innovations have come from India.
The question certainly isn't debatable. India can beat china.
But will it beat china? We don't know.
If we come out from the vicious loophole of power and politics, caste systems and quotas. If corruption is controlled and we adopt a broader view for the economy of things, we stand a fair chance.
Else, I have not seen a country where people fight because they want their name listed in a backward class. This happens only in India.