Boycott Chinese Goods

I am firmly in the grip of the sentiment and convinced of the righteousness of it that appeals to all Indians- Boycott Chinese Goods.

China feasted on Aksai Chin, but its ken for desserts remains unsated. It keeps nibbling at uninhabited, unpatrolled hilly  tracts and grasslands  around the LAC with impunity. Maps are cooked up to create a smokescreen of  'Differing Perceptions' to keep the borders unsettled and the door open for wilful incursions. Daring even to intrude at the very moment Messrs Xi and Modi shake hands in Brazil.

Past masters at the game of Patience they wait and wait hoping their illegitimate occupation to convert into 'concurring' or 'conceding' perceptions.  It has  'weaponized' perceptions. 

It negates our efforts for a permanent seat in UNSC ; it stymies our entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group ; it seeks to helmet us with OBOR and mount maritime surveillance of  coastlines from a string of pearls it is building in the neighbourhood ; it lends moral and military support to the terror exporter, Pakistan. 

And yet we do booming business with China, building up a huge Balance of Trade deficit. We import more than double of what we export to China, thereby hobbling our domestic industry especially the small and medium sector. Chinese brands have captured 73% of smartphone sales. And invested heavily in domestic companies raising the spectre of India going the USA way,  where ownership of many well known firms have passed into Chinese hands. That is one reason for the growing distaste for globalization.

Why should we allow a hegemonic, inimical,  gluttonous neighbour to build financial muscles and presumably use it against us ? The state may have niceties of international law and diplomacy to contend with in decision making. But as citizens , individual or corporate, isn't it our moral duty to  express our hurt and rage at this roguish behaviour that threatens our territorial integrity. Let the govt do its bit, and we our bit - Boycott Made in China. 

The state has already shown the way, imposing embargoes on countries that sided with Pakistan against us in the UN - ban on palm oil imports from Malaysia, for instance. While the state engages with China, we too must  raise a protesting crescendo and boycott directed at the Dragon. Make the Dragon aware of the roar of Bheema. Strike the enemy at its weakest is an old dictum. China is at the moment. 

Why should we invest all our pent up national fury only on the effete Pakistan. Why not red eyeball the more pesky,  belligerent China ? 

Boycott is a call gaining momentum, help it acquire critical mass.  CAIT claiming  to represent 7 crore traders has given the clarion call for boycott. Let big houses follow suit.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra has appealed on  social media to boycott ‘Made in China’. Wangchuk’s video from Ladakh drew over 20 lakh views. Mr Chopra  asserted 'that these should be converted into something concrete that would bite the Chinese government'. 

Did PM's address to the nation last month for  ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ hint as much ? 

The appeal isn't a Red vomit against Saffron brigade or one made in wilful default of  legal and business issues involved. It's made in realisation of a moment in passage of history when self respect and national pride supersedes all .

Even the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat feels so "We speak about self-dependence and standing up to China. The new government seems to be standing up to it. But where will the government draw strength from if we don't stop buying things from China?"