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The World Bank estimates that the global middle class is likely to grow from 430 million in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2030. China and India will account for two-thirds of the expansion. (Source: Euromonitor. March 2010)
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http://trendwatching.com/trends/statusphere/
I was just reading this earlier ...
Porn is illegal in China and rather restricted (production wise) in India.
But for mainstream digital goods these markets will have appeal. The Chinese and Indian definitions of the " middle class' " spendable incomes will not be the same as western incomes so many hard goods from western countries, made with western wages may be to expensive for export but goods made in Asia, paying local wages, will be marketable.
Digital goods may be the exception ...