(Dan Tri) – While Indian public opinion is boiling with anger after a border clash with China, an Indian minister has called for a boycott of Chinese goods.
Protesters in Kolkata call for a boycott of Chinese goods (Photo: AFP)
`Chinese restaurants and hotels serving Chinese food in India should be closed,` Indian Minister of Social Justice Ramdas Athawale wrote on Twitter on June 18.
Indian Minister of Food and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan also urged: `We should not take the China issue lightly. In many cases, we may not know about investments from China, but
The boycott call by Indian officials came after a clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Galwan valley on the disputed Kasmir border on the evening of June 15.
The Indian army confirmed that 20 of its soldiers died after the clash, while China has so far avoided mentioning casualties.
The incident sparked a wave of anger in India.
A large number of people attended the funeral of an Indian soldier who died in a recent clash with China (Photo: Reuters)
During protests against China on the streets in many places in India, people burned Chinese flags and goods to show opposition to the actions of the neighboring country sharing a common border.
Indian officials said they plan to increase tariffs on about 300 items imported from China.
India’s Telecom Minister has asked state-owned telecom providers and private enterprises to ban all future deals with China.
In a related development, Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on June 18 that India has decided to cancel the railway contract with a Chinese company.
`The cancellation of a $62.8 million contract between the Specialized Freight Transport Corporation of India (DFCCIL) and a Chinese company is the first salvo aimed at teaching a lesson to anyone who has harmed
The canceled project was assigned to a Chinese company in 2016, to build signal and telecommunications lines along the 417 km long Kanpur-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway.
According to the Indian Railway Corporation, the above project is expected to be completed in 2019, but to date, only 20% of the project progress has been completed.
Minh PhuongAccording to RT
