Introduction
China sales low cost option for almost every product in India. China has complete monopoly in almost every electronic product in India and in many cases world wide. India's imports from China is highest among imports from all countries (317 billion INR out of 1913.24 billion INR = 16% Ref: tradingeconomics). Electronics category accounts for 11% of overall exports.
China is world no. 1 in terms of net export (worth of exported goods - worth of imported goods). India on the other hand has negative (-127,500 USD) net export, which is among the bottom 3 among all the countries (Ref: List_of_countries_by_net_exports). One of the ways to eliminate Unemployment, poverty and border disputes is by making our country less dependent on other countries. More importantly if we can eliminate monopoly of Chinese products, it would be strengthen and prepare India against any potential disputes with China.
China is world no. 1 in terms of net export (worth of exported goods - worth of imported goods). India on the other hand has negative (-127,500 USD) net export, which is among the bottom 3 among all the countries (Ref: List_of_countries_by_net_exports). One of the ways to eliminate Unemployment, poverty and border disputes is by making our country less dependent on other countries. More importantly if we can eliminate monopoly of Chinese products, it would be strengthen and prepare India against any potential disputes with China.
China GDP in 2018 is 13.6 Trillion Dollars and India's GDP is 2.7 Trillion Dollars as per world bank data i.e. China's GDP is almost 6 times of India's GDP. We have long way to go to be able to stand in front of countries like US and China.
In this article we would like to emphasize of alternatives available to Chinese products. Please share/Like this post to increase awareness about this. Please comment if you would like any correction or if you would like to contribute. I will be adding more details on alternatives in various categories.
Chinese newspaper Global Times says that for India it is very difficult to avoid Chinese product. May be it is right that we cannot completely eliminate Chinese products from our needs but just by being aware of alternatives and being conscious about our buying choices we can surely make huge impact.
Alternative to Chinese Mobile Brands
| Segment | Price Range | Top Selling Chinese Brands | Good Non-Chinese Options | Other Non-Chinese Options | Indian Options |
| Average Cost | 5K to 20K | Xiomi Mi Redmi Realme (Owned by Chinese company. Manufactured in India) Vivo Motorola Lenovo Coolpad LeEco | Nokia (Finland) Samsung (South Korea) | Panasonic (Japan) LG (South Korea) | Micromax Lava |
| High Cost | 20K+ | Oneplus Vivo Oppo | Samsung (South Korea) Apple (Designed in US, Manufacturing in Mongolia, China, Korea and Taiwan etc.) | None |
Chinese brands mobile phone Logos
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Alternative to Chinese TVs
| Segment | Price Range | Top Selling Chinese Brands | Good Non-Chinese Options | Indian Options |
| Low Cost | <25K | Mi TCL | Sansui (Japan) Vu (USA) Sanyo (Japan) | Onida Videocon Micromax |
| High Cost | 25K+ | Oneplus Hair | LG (South Korea) Samsung (South Korea) Sony (Japan) | None |
Alternative to Chinese Laptops
| Brand | Country |
| Lenovo | China |
| Apple | US |
| Dell | US |
| HP | US |
| Acer | Taiwan |
| Asus | Taiwan |
I don't see any Indian brand for laptops
Alternative to Headphones
| Brand | Country |
| Sennheiser | Germany |
| Sony | Japan |
| BoAt | Designed and Owned by India manufactured in China |
| JBL | US |
| Mi | China |
| HP | US |
| Acer | Taiwan |
| Asus | Taiwan |
Cars/Automobiles
MG Motors in Chinese Car company. Mahindra, Tata and Bajaj are purely Indian Automobile companies. Maruti Suzuki is Joint Venture with Japanese Company Suzuki Motors. Hyundai is Korean, Toyota is Japanese.
