Assertion (A): China's human development indicators improved faster than India's.
Reason (R): Before its market reforms, China had already invested heavily in health, education and land reform.

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That base of healthy, educated people let growth after 1978 translate into better lives quickly.
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Assertion (A): China's human development indicators improved faster than India's.Reason (R): Before its market reforms, China had already invested heavily in health, education and land reform.

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Assertion (A): China's human development indicators improved faster than India's.
Reason (R): Before its market reforms, China had already invested heavily in health, education and land reform.