Introduction

China and India, the Asian demographic and economic giants, are attracting and will continue to attract the attention of scholars and policy-makers on the issue of economic growth and income inequality. Singapore, despite its location within South-East Asia and its historical links with Malaysia, has had economic and social relations with China and India since the pre-colonial days. These have strengthened over time, especially since economic liberalisation in the two nations since the late 1970s (China) and early 1990s (India).