China to India telecom market: pretty please, let us in!
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 12:05AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, Citation Post, India, telecoms

Huawei is China's biggest telecom equip manufacturers.  It's working hard to get into India's booming market space, and recently India took a hard line on its imports, blocking orders on the rationalization that the gear might come with spy devices.

Now, Chinese expats are adopting local names (a famous Chinese trick) and dress and going heavy on the charm.

India is worth $1.4B of Huawei's revenue now, or 11%.

I like to see this tussle.  It's part of China's learning process:  the more it penetrates other markets, the more those markets will push back on its lack of democracy and everything that deficiency suggests about its business practices.

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