Can India Really Afford to Boycott Chinese Goods?

<div>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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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!</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <strong>Producer and Host: </strong>Shorbori Purkayastha<br> <strong>Guests: </strong>Jayati Ghosh, Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University<br> <strong>Editor:</strong> Shelly Walia<br> <br> <strong>References:</strong> </div> <ul> <li><h1><a href="https://theprint.in/india/my-next-phone-will-be-made-in-india-some-ias-officers-call-for-boycott-of-chinese-goods/444310/">‘My next phone will be made in India’: Some IAS officers call for boycott of Chinese goods</a></h1> </li> <li><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Inc%E2%80%99s-growing-stake-in-India-China-relations_F.pdf">Following Money: China Inc's Growing Stake on China-India Relations</a></li> <li><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/us-surpasses-china-to-become-indias-top-trading-partner/articleshow/74264765.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst">US surpasses China to become India's top trading partner</a></li> </ul> <div><br> </div> <div> <strong>Music:</strong> Big Bang Fuzz<br> <br> <strong>Listen to The Big St