India Covid-19 crisis’ impact on Indian and Chinese economies

This is a series of stories about the impact of India’s Covid-19 crisis on the Indian and Chinese economies and the global initiative to restructure supply chains.

Updated: 24 May 2021

SCMP Series:India Covid-19 crisis’ impact on Indian and Chinese economies

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Apple’s India plans swamped by country’s coronavirus crisis

by Masha Borak

India’s plan to become a smartphone manufacturing superpower is being thwarted by its Covid-19 crisis and problems could linger, putting China back in the frame, analysts say.

11 May 2021

India’s ambitions to become the “new China” in phone manufacturing are now being blunted by one of the world’s worst outbreaks of Covid-19. Photo: Reuters

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India’s medicine makers in ‘mess’ as coronavirus hits supply chain

by Cissy Zhou and Vasudevan Sridharan

World’s largest provider of generic drugs is seeing its pharmaceutical companies stagger shifts as Indian workers fall ill and shipments of crucial supplies from China are delayed.

21 May 2021

Nearly a third of all Indian factories that make active pharmaceutical ingredients are located in areas that were recently placed under pandemic-forced lockdowns, and many workers have fallen ill. Illustration: Brian Wang

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India’s Covid-19 crisis puts pressure on supply chain shift from China

by Amanda Lee and He Huifeng

India’s second wave is threatening to put some small exporters out of business, slow the country’s economic recovery and set back attempts to capitalise on supply chain shifts from China.

20 May 2021

India’s second coronavirus wave is threatening to put many small exporters out of business and slow the country’s economic recovery. Illustration: Brian Wang

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Indian seafarers left in limbo due to tighter Covid-19 restrictions

by Sonia Sarkar

Difficulties securing vaccines mean seafarers face job losses as well as obstacles to returning home after finishing contracts.

25 May 2021