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I live in India and not a big fan of China but I purchased a Huawei phone recently. I think Huwei benefited from the publicity they got through US campaign agai

I live in India and not a big fan of China but I purchased a Huawei phone recently. I think Huwei benefited from the publicity they got through US campaign against them.

atlasunshrugged 7y ago
I was wondering whether it would be a benefit for them to be knocked by the American govt in some places. I guessed for sure in the ME but I'm a bit surprised about India, I would have figured they would be more on the US side. Or is it that they just benefited from increased name recognition rather than name recognition tied to being harried by the US
- nine_zeros 7y ago
  Indian people don't give any fs about politics. All they want is best value for price. At the moment, American bullying is not providing that.
- trhway 7y ago
  >but I'm a bit surprised about India, I would have figured they would be more on the US side. giving US support of Pakistan? :) While China, despite potentially having points of contention with India, seems to have at least for now decided to not angry up the Indian tiger.
  - atlasunshrugged 7y ago
    The U.S. gives support to lots of people, including India. I wouldn't think that'd be that big a deal. Plus, the US aid to Pakistan is pretty unwilling and not because we support them over India but because we need them to not give terrorists shelter (more than they already do I guess) "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) compiled and published a data in 2015 indicating that from the period 1946-2012, India has been the recipient of highest aid from United States. The amount of economic aid, adjusted to inflation then, was reported to be USD 65.1 billion" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_India
    - trhway 7y ago
      Pakistan has been getting on a scale of $1B/year during the last couple decades at least. Pakistan population is 1/6th of India.

I live in India and not a big fan of China but I purchased a Huawei phone recently. I think Huwei benefited from the publicity they got through US campaign against them.

atlasunshrugged 7y ago

I was wondering whether it would be a benefit for them to be knocked by the American govt in some places. I guessed for sure in the ME but I'm a bit surprised about India, I would have figured they would be more on the US side. Or is it that they just benefited from increased name recognition rather than name recognition tied to being harried by the US

nine_zeros 7y ago
Indian people don't give any fs about politics. All they want is best value for price. At the moment, American bullying is not providing that.
trhway 7y ago
>but I'm a bit surprised about India, I would have figured they would be more on the US side. giving US support of Pakistan? :) While China, despite potentially having points of contention with India, seems to have at least for now decided to not angry up the Indian tiger.
- atlasunshrugged 7y ago
  The U.S. gives support to lots of people, including India. I wouldn't think that'd be that big a deal. Plus, the US aid to Pakistan is pretty unwilling and not because we support them over India but because we need them to not give terrorists shelter (more than they already do I guess) "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) compiled and published a data in 2015 indicating that from the period 1946-2012, India has been the recipient of highest aid from United States. The amount of economic aid, adjusted to inflation then, was reported to be USD 65.1 billion" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_India
  - trhway 7y ago
    Pakistan has been getting on a scale of $1B/year during the last couple decades at least. Pakistan population is 1/6th of India.