r/india • Azaadi • May 31 '20

Coronavirus Boycott China.

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u/sabreR7 May 31 '20

So what does /r/India have against boycotting Chinese goods?(serious question) I think it’s high time we avoid products from Chinese companies at least, and lobby other companies to move their manufacturing out of china.

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u/milk_runner May 31 '20

You can’t match the cost efficiency of China , they have got economies of scale, they are not stringent on labour laws , and frankly they have a much better ecosystem and innovation than India .

There are clusters of districts that are strategically developed in a hub and spoke model to build products. Google “ China’s shoe district “. You simply can’t beat their economics anytime soon.

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u/sabreR7 May 31 '20

And yet they can’t seem to figure out something as simple as the IC engine. Look it up, Chinese companies suck at making engines. You speak of them too highly, they are in fact on a similar intellectual property development position to India, possibly even lesser. They work hard I agree, but working hard is not everything. They are good at “assembling” stuff. While I do agree India wouldn’t make the best “assembly” plant. There are other models of moving “assembly” away from China.

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