ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Chindia

Chindia is the combination of two big countries: China and India. Think of it like combining two big bowls of soup - one with noodles and one with rice. When you mix them together, you get a really big bowl of noodle-rice soup!

China and India are two really important countries in the world because they are both huge (like grown-ups). They have lots of people, lots of land, and lots of power. When people talk about Chindia, they are talking about how these two countries are working together more and more.

Sometimes, China and India have been like kids who don't want to share their toys. They've had some arguments and have not always gotten along. But lately, they have been starting to play together and work together more often.

The grown-ups who study these things think that if China and India can work together more, they will be even more powerful and can do bigger things together. It's like if you and your friend team up to build a really big sandcastle. You can make it way bigger and better if you work together than if you built two smaller sandcastles.

So, that's what Chindia is all about - two really big and important countries starting to work together more to become even more powerful.