India didn't use mRNA vaccines, neither did have the capability to make one it's own.
We had millions dying, though exact number is ambiguous.
China could drag it long, India went through this phase much earlier, that is the only difference ?
"According to Feigl-Ding, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) goal is 'let whoever needs to be infected, infected, let whoever needs to die, die. Early infections, early deaths, early peak, early resumption of production'."
Seems their priority earlier was keeping their factories running and are waiting for this death wave to pass so that they can keep the factories running.