BOYCOTTING CHINA - A CHALLENGE OR AN OPPORTUNITY?
China backstabbing India at the UN! China responsible for Covid-19..! China nibbling North-East frontier! BOYCOTT CHINA! S ocial media is literally painted red with avid pro-India chanting. But remember one thing- Promises made in adversity are forgotten in prosperity . Even otherwise, boycotting China is easier said than done. India is the 17th largest export economy in the world but stands 45th rung apropos complexity according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). Indian import from China amounts to $ 70.39 billion while our export is only $16.5 billion . A cursory glance would explain the reason for this huge trade deficit and also expose the MISNOMER OF BOYCOTTING CHINESE GOODS AND SERVICES BY INDIANS . India exports cotton yarn, iron ores, copper alloys, granite, basalt, sandstone, nuts, tanned leather, etc. whereas our imports from China include telephone sets, cellular networks, transmission/reception of voice/images/data in a wired/wireless network account nearly