GIVE IT A
THOUGHT
Economic Invasion of China
Now
that President Obama has vowed to stop outsourcing to China and India
and curb China’s unfair
trade practices, India will
have to face China’s
increased economic invasion, if it is not wary.
Where else will China
dump its committed production, if not in India? India is already flooded with
Chinese goods. Step into any shop to buy
ordinary things you use in daily life, scissors, blades, batteries, mosquito
bats, calculators, the list is endless, they are all from China. Once, I had a need to buy a pair of
scisssors, and stepped into a store, with a firm resolution, only to buy Indian
made scissors. After saying “no” to the
shop owner’s offer to sell a pair of scissors from China, I chose an Indian made pair. Although it’s blades looked flimsy, it was
able to cut a scrap of newspaper, when I
put it to test. When I paid the price
and brought it home, it would not cut anything else, except newspapers. Most importantly, it would not cut even the
thin plastic milk sachet, for which purpose I bought the article.
If
what I think will happen, does happen, more and more Indian’s will be out of
employment, as it happened in the U.S., unless every citizen of India takes a
firm decision to buy only Indian made goods, however bad it might be. The World Bank has warned that another bout
of recession is round the corner, this time more serious that the first. India escaped the first bout with
just mild abrasions, due to its overwhelming population and the opportunities
that exist for the small-time
manufacturers and traders. But this time, India
will be seriously vulnerable to recession, with China stepping up its aggressive
marketing in our country, consequent to the loss of a large chunk of the
American market. As some fear, China need not eye territories in India,
for, what is a territory, if its riches can be exploited otherwise, by turning
it into a lucrative market, without the responsibility of taking care of its
people?
A.V.
Dhanushkodi
January
26, 2012
