W hen Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently urged citizens to buy “Made in India,” the message seemingly travelled beyond Indian shores to Beijing .

Chinese economists and analysts are watching closely, weighing India’s ambitions against its realities. Can India challenge Beijing’s manufacturing dominance and reduce its reliance on China and the United States, or will it remain a dream buffered by slogans and structural bottlenecks?

Structural constraints

Chinese analysts frame Modi’s “Make in India” push amid US trade tensions as part policy incentive, part strategic messaging. Commentators highlight India’s 1.4-billion-strong market asserting autonomy, using consumer behaviour and industrial policy to influence global supply chains. A Weibo post highlighted Modi’s firm sta

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