469: Can India Really Afford to Boycott Chinese Goods?

Ban Chinese food, ban Chinese products, delete Chinese apps — in the wake of the death of 20 soldiers at the LAC in Galwan Valley, the anti-China sentiment is viral once again. Protests by traders bodies and common citizens have been raging with a call to boycott Chinese products to show solidarity with the army. Some citizens have gone over the top to teach China a lesson by breaking their Made in China appliances like TV sets, some are burning Chinese President Xi Jinping's effigies, while some others are asking for a ban on import and trading of Chinese products. Although India and China have been engaged in a face-off since May that took a deadly turn, unseen in close to close to five decades, how practical is it to boycott Chinese goods in India? Tune in to The Big Story! Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha Guests: Jayati Ghosh, Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University Editor: Shelly Walia References: ‘My next phone will be made in India’: Some IAS officers call for boycott of Chinese goods (https://theprint.in/india/my-next-phone-will-be-made-in-india-some-ias-officers-call-for-boycott-of-chinese-goods/444310/) Following Money: China Inc's Growing Stake on China-India Relations (https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Inc%E2%80%99s-growing-stake-in-India-China-relations_F.pdf) US surpasses China to become India's top trading partner (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/us-surpasses-china-to-become-indias-top-trading-partner/articleshow/74264765.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst) Music: Big Bang Fuzz Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.co%2F2AYdLIl&redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEFD29gDyTmPMzt8MTU3MTM4MDU5NkAxNTcxMjk0MTk2&v=xkpX1V6aUFo&event=video_description) Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2oix78C&redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEF