https://www.scmp.com/rss/506396/feed Nilesh Christopher is a reporter based in Bangalore, India. He covers the intersection of technology and society in India and the rest of South Asia. His work has appeared in Wired, BBC, Vice, Rest of World, The Economic Times and other publications. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In April, a month after the Indian government ordered the first phase of a countrywide Covid-19 lockdown, an online campaign began to gain steam, a collective vow to buy only swadeshi – home-grown – goods, to help alleviate the economic “agony” caused to local businesses by the pandemic. But more than just buy local, this was a call, specifically, to avoid anything made in China. In one way reminiscent of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent resistance to the British Raj, where Indians under occupa­tion... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3090662/boycott-china-trending-india-turning-rhetoric?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3090662/boycott-china-trending-india-turning-rhetoric?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:15:16 +0000