‘Boycott China’ is trending in India, but turning rhetoric into reality may be easier said than done

In April, a month after the Indian government ordered the first phase of a countrywide Covid-19 lockdown, an online campaign began to gain steam, a collective vow to buy only swadeshi – home-grown – goods, to help alleviate the economic “agony” caused to local businesses by the pandemic.

But more than just buy local, this was a call, specifically, to avoid anything made in China…

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SOURCE: SCMP