Boycott China?
Boycott China?

Author: KHRITISH SWARGIARY

Publisher: ERA, US

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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In the ever-evolving landscape of global politics and economics, the relationship between India and China stands out as one of the most complex and multifaceted. As two of the largest and most influential nations in Asia, their interactions are shaped by a delicate balance of history, geopolitics, and economic interests. In recent years, particularly after the border skirmishes of 2020, there has been a notable rise in anti-China sentiment in India, with calls for boycotting Chinese products growing louder in public discourse. The underlying assumption of these calls is clear: by reducing economic dependence on China, India can strengthen its sovereignty and promote self-reliance. However, the reality is far more complicated. Despite widespread political campaigns urging Indians to 'Boycott China', Chinese products continue to dominate the Indian market, particularly in the sectors of electronics, mobile phones, and other consumer goods. This paradox—where a country expresses disdain for its economic partner yet remains a major consumer of its products—deserves a closer examination. This book, Boycott China? Understanding India’s Love-Hate Relationship with Chinese Products, seeks to dissect this complex situation, exploring the historical, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to the contradiction between public sentiment and consumer behavior. Through a blend of historical analysis, policy review, and consumer behavior research, this work aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of why Indians continue to embrace Chinese products despite political opposition. The book examines the intricacies of India-China relations, the impact of globalization, and the practicalities of consumer choice in an increasingly interconnected world. It also explores potential avenues for reducing reliance on Chinese imports and the challenges that lie ahead in building a self-reliant Indian economy. I hope that this book will serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and students alike, helping them better understand the complexities of economic nationalism in a globalized age and the practical realities of consumer choice.

A Year Without "Made in China"
A Year Without

Author: Sara Bongiorni

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-06-29

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0470116137

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After she and her family spent one year not buying any products from China, the author offers revealing insights into the complex relationship between the American standard of living and the numerous Chinese imports that are necessary to maintain it.

In Search of Justice
In Search of Justice

Author: Guanhua Wang

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-03-23

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1684173604

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How could late Qing China, a country bound largely by parochial ties of family, clan, and native place, produce a nationwide mass movement? Was this popular outburst symptomatic of a domestic "nationalist awakening," as historians of modern China claim, or a result of pressure from Chinese overseas suffering under harsh U.S. immigration laws, as students of American history contend? In considering these vying explanations for the boycott of American products, Wang identifies a coalition of interests that came together to shape the movement's strategy, objectives, and outcome. He explores the larger structural and organizational resources available to boycott organizers and participants and the role of this common experience in laying the groundwork for later reform and revolutionary movements.

The War for China’s Wallet
The War for China’s Wallet

Author: Shaun Rein

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1501507516

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With Chinese-led initiatives such as One Belt One Road (OBOR) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) combined with uncertainty due to US shifts in policy and apparent commitments over the past decade, the stakes are high for companies looking to profit from the world’s newest superpower. Post-financial crisis, China has emerged as the largest or second largest trading partner for most countries. It has become the second largest market for Fortune 500 companies like Starbucks, Apple, and Nike and drives growth for Hollywood and commodity products. Yet the profits come at a price for countries and companies alike—they must adhere to the political goals of Beijing or else face economic punishment or outright banishment. Using primary research from interviews with hundreds of business executives and government officials, The War for China’s Wallet will help companies understand how to profit from China’s outbound economic plans as well as a shifting consumer base that is increasingly nationalistic. The countries and companies that get it right will benefit from China’s wallet but those that do not will lose out on the world’s largest growth engine for the next two decades. Click here for information on the author's MSNBC interview: https://mobile.twitter.com/OARichardEngel/status/1147861623211798528 Check out the interviews at Bloomberg, Forbes, and Marketplace on this book: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2017-12-05/those-who-heed-china-s-political-ambitions-will-benefit https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2017/11/28/how-to-profit-from-chinas-rising-nationalism/amp/ https://www.marketplace.org/2017/12/18/world/shaun-rein-interview Financial Times subscribers can read this review of The War for China’s Wallet: https://www.ft.com/content/b6bb55c4-e4b4-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da The book's review in South China Morning Post can be read at: http://m.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2126477/book-review-war-chinas-wallet-readable-if-one-sided-view-chinas

China's Influence and American Interests
China's Influence and American Interests

Author: Larry Diamond

Publisher: Hoover Press

Published: 2019-08-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0817922865

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While Americans are generally aware of China's ambitions as a global economic and military superpower, few understand just how deeply and assertively that country has already sought to influence American society. As the authors of this volume write, it is time for a wake-up call. In documenting the extent of Beijing's expanding influence operations inside the United States, they aim to raise awareness of China's efforts to penetrate and sway a range of American institutions: state and local governments, academic institutions, think tanks, media, and businesses. And they highlight other aspects of the propagandistic “discourse war” waged by the Chinese government and Communist Party leaders that are less expected and more alarming, such as their view of Chinese Americans as members of a worldwide Chinese diaspora that owes undefined allegiance to the so-called Motherland.Featuring ideas and policy proposals from leading China specialists, China's Influence and American Interests argues that a successful future relationship requires a rebalancing toward greater transparency, reciprocity, and fairness. Throughout, the authors also strongly state the importance of avoiding casting aspersions on Chinese and on Chinese Americans, who constitute a vital portion of American society. But if the United States is to fare well in this increasingly adversarial relationship with China, Americans must have a far better sense of that country's ambitions and methods than they do now.

Modern China’s Network Revolution
Modern China’s Network Revolution

Author: Zhongping Chen

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2011-06-27

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0804774099

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Chambers of commerce developed in China as a key part of its sociopolitical changes. In 1902, the first Chinese chamber of commerce appeared in Shanghai. By the time the Qing dynasty ended, over 1,000 general chambers, affiliated chambers, and branch chambers had been established throughout China. In this new work, author Zhongping Chen examines Chinese chambers of commerce and their network development across Lower Yangzi cities and towns, as well as the nationwide arena. He details how they achieved increasing integration, and how their collective actions deeply influenced nationalistic, reformist, and revolutionary movements. His use of network analysis reveals how these chambers promoted social integration beyond the bourgeoisie and other elites, and helped bring society and the state into broader and more complicated interactions than existing theories of civil society and public sphere suggest. With both historical narrative and theoretical analysis of the long neglected local chamber networks, this study offers a keen historical understanding of the interaction of Chinese society, business, and politics in the early twentieth century. It also provides new knowledge produced from network theory within the humanities and social sciences.

CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Author: Muhamad Olimat

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 113510221X

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This manuscript examines relations between China and the Middle East in historical context. It highlights some of the most important events that characterize the ties between China and the Middle East, and examines their relationship in key areas that include energy, trade, arms sales, culture and politics. The centre of China’s relations with Israel is arms sales and advanced technology, while the core of Sino-Saudi relations is oil. Iran and China are tied with deep historical, civilizational, cultural and political relations, but China’s current interests in Iran centre on oil. Relations between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) centre on trade. The UAE serve as a primary hub for Chinese business corporations not only in the Gulf or the wider Middle East, but also in Africa and the world. China’s relations with Algeria have been based on political co-ordination since the early days of the Algerian War of Independence and the early days of the People’s Republic of China. China provided Algeria with political, diplomatic and military support to accomplish its national liberation from France. Since then, their partnership has developed. Finally, the book develops a tridimensional approach in which China’s ties with Middle Eastern countries are viewed as an outcome of interaction between three actors in each situation. The book reaches the conclusion that China’s national interests in the Middle East are only increasing, and it is anticipated that Sino-Middle Eastern relations and strategic partnerships will be enhanced in the near future, provided that China is not perceived as undermining the Arab Spring. Key Features Offers an in-depth analysis of Chinese-Middle Eastern relations Assists students and scholars in understanding the uniqueness of the Chinese model of engagement in the Middle East Explains why most Middle Easterners prefer China’s engagement to Western engagement Explores the future of Sino-Middle Eastern relations

America's Response to China
America's Response to China

Author: Warren I. Cohen

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 023154961X

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America’s Response to China has long been the standard resource for a succinct, historically grounded assessment of an increasingly complicated relationship. Written by one of America’s leading diplomatic historians, this book analyzes the concerns and conceptions that have shaped U.S.–China policy and examines their far-reaching outcomes. Warren I. Cohen begins with the mercantile interests of the newly independent American colonies and discusses subsequent events up to 2018. For this sixth edition, Cohen adds an analysis of the policies of Barack Obama and extends his discussion of the Chinese–American relationship in the age of potential Chinese ascendance and the shrinking global influence of the United States, including the complications of the presidency of Donald Trump. Trenchant and insightful, America’s Response to China is critically important for understanding U.S.–China relations in the twenty-first century.

Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia
Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-05-24

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1442279982

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In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States. Although taking place below the threshold of direct military confrontation, China’s assertiveness frequently involves coercive elements that put at risk existing rules and norms; physical control of disputed waters and territory; and the credibility of U.S. security commitments. Regional leaders have expressed increasing alarm that such “gray zone” coercion threatens to destabilize the region by increasing the risk of conflict and undermining the rules-based order. Yet, the United States and its allies and partners have struggled to develop effective counters to China’s maritime coercion. This study reviews deterrence literature and nine case studies of coercion to develop recommendations for how the United States and its allies and partners could counter gray zone activity.