After 20 Indian soldiers were martyred during a faceoff with the Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh , Boycott Chinese products or companies chorus has been growing across the country .
Since the Galwan face-off Indians on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been trending hashtags like #BoycottChina, #BoycottChineseProducts, #ChineseProductsInDustbin, #BharatUnitedAgainstChina. #TeachLessonToChina and #ChinaGetOut.
People across the country broke their TV sets, phones and other Chinese products to mark their protest. In Guwahati, people pasted a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping on TV sets, monitors, phones, etc and broke it. Some of them burnt the maps of China.
Traders’ body and several leaders have call for a boycott of Chinese goods. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has called for a boycott of Chinese goods, listing more than 500 imported items. “The objective is to reduce the import of Chinese finished goods by $13 billion or about ₹ 1 lakh crore by December 2021” said CAIT.