How India became dangerously addicted to Chinese imports
India’s toy shops provide an unlikely barometer by which to measure its economic relationship with China.
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Notable Quotes
"India's economic dependence on China continued to deepen while political, security, and investment ties were at their lowest point."
— Kevin Zongzhe Li , Academic
"China now supplies over 30% of India's industrial imports, and India depends on it for more than 100 critical products."
— Ajay Srivastava , Academic
"Their interruption would not merely affect consumption; it would disrupt production itself."
— Soumya Bhowmik , Academic
Key People
Former trade official in India and analyst for the Global Trade Research Initiative.
A Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Centre for China Analysis.
Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India.
A Fellow at ORF's Centre for New Economic Diplomacy.
Xi Jinping is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China.
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India’s toy shops provide an unlikely barometer by which to measure its economic relationship with China.
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