Mumbai: Several Bollywood personalities including Arshad Warsi, Milind Soman and Ranvir Shorey have joined the ongoing "Boycott China" campaign on social media.
Warsi took to Twitter and shared that he is consciously going to avoid using Chinese goods.
"I am consciously going to stop using everything that is Chinese. As they are a part of most of the things we use, it will take time but I know, one day I'll be Chinese free. You should try it too," he wrote.
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I am consciously going to stop using everything that is Chinese. As they are a part of most of the things we use, it will take time but I know, one day I’ll be Chinese free. You should try it too ...
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) May 30, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">I am consciously going to stop using everything that is Chinese. As they are a part of most of the things we use, it will take time but I know, one day I’ll be Chinese free. You should try it too ...
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) May 30, 2020I am consciously going to stop using everything that is Chinese. As they are a part of most of the things we use, it will take time but I know, one day I’ll be Chinese free. You should try it too ...
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) May 30, 2020
Actor-model Milind Soman said he is no longer using the Chinese short-video making application TikTok. "Am no longer on tiktok. #BoycottChineseProducts," tweeted Soman.
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Am no longer on tiktok. #BoycottChineseProducts pic.twitter.com/QEqCGza9j7
— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) May 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Am no longer on tiktok. #BoycottChineseProducts pic.twitter.com/QEqCGza9j7
— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) May 29, 2020Am no longer on tiktok. #BoycottChineseProducts pic.twitter.com/QEqCGza9j7
— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) May 29, 2020
Actor Ranvir Shorey simply wrote: "Bilkul. Beshaq. #BoycottChina. #CKMKB."
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Bilkul. Beshaq. #BoycottChina. #CKMKB
— Ranvir Shorey (@RanvirShorey) May 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Bilkul. Beshaq. #BoycottChina. #CKMKB
— Ranvir Shorey (@RanvirShorey) May 29, 2020Bilkul. Beshaq. #BoycottChina. #CKMKB
— Ranvir Shorey (@RanvirShorey) May 29, 2020
The hashtags #BoycottChineseProducts and #BoycottChina started trending after educator and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, whose life inspired the Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots, shared a video on YouTube urging all to avoid Chinese goods amid the growing tensions between India and China in Ladakh. Netizens and a string of known personalities alike have followed Wangchuk's lead.
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USE YOUR WALLET POWER#BoycottMadeInChina #SoftwareInAWeekHardwareInAYear to stop Chinese bullying in Ladakh & eventually to liberate the 1.4 Bn bonded labourers in China, as also the 10 Mn Uighur Muslims & 6 Mn Tibetan Buddhists.
— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) May 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Click this link to playhttps://t.co/ICjRQJ2Umf pic.twitter.com/lpzAXxARPj
">USE YOUR WALLET POWER#BoycottMadeInChina #SoftwareInAWeekHardwareInAYear to stop Chinese bullying in Ladakh & eventually to liberate the 1.4 Bn bonded labourers in China, as also the 10 Mn Uighur Muslims & 6 Mn Tibetan Buddhists.
— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) May 28, 2020
Click this link to playhttps://t.co/ICjRQJ2Umf pic.twitter.com/lpzAXxARPjUSE YOUR WALLET POWER#BoycottMadeInChina #SoftwareInAWeekHardwareInAYear to stop Chinese bullying in Ladakh & eventually to liberate the 1.4 Bn bonded labourers in China, as also the 10 Mn Uighur Muslims & 6 Mn Tibetan Buddhists.
— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) May 28, 2020
Click this link to playhttps://t.co/ICjRQJ2Umf pic.twitter.com/lpzAXxARPj
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Among them is television actor Kamya Punjabi requested everyone to use only Indian goods.
"I never had such apps on my phone. Would like to request all who have commercials attached with such Chinese products to use alternative Be Indian buy Indian #BoycottChineseProducts," Kamya tweeted.
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I never had such apps on my phone. Would like to request all who have commercials attached with such chinese products to use alternative 🙏🏻Be indian buy indian #BoycottChineseProducts https://t.co/Nyu4aGhxgy
— Kamya Shalabh Dang (@iamkamyapunjabi) May 30, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">I never had such apps on my phone. Would like to request all who have commercials attached with such chinese products to use alternative 🙏🏻Be indian buy indian #BoycottChineseProducts https://t.co/Nyu4aGhxgy
— Kamya Shalabh Dang (@iamkamyapunjabi) May 30, 2020I never had such apps on my phone. Would like to request all who have commercials attached with such chinese products to use alternative 🙏🏻Be indian buy indian #BoycottChineseProducts https://t.co/Nyu4aGhxgy
— Kamya Shalabh Dang (@iamkamyapunjabi) May 30, 2020
Writer Raaj Shaandilyaa asked everyone to join the Boycott China movement.
"Boycott "MADE IN CHINA" movement ka hissa bane... aur apne desh ki pragati main yogdaan dein. Jai Hind Jai Bharat. (be a part of the boycott Made In China movement and help in the prosperity of your country.) #BoycottMadeInChina," Shaandilyaa tweeted.
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मित्रों, हाथ जोड़कर विनती है एक ज़िम्मेदार नागरिक होने के नाते...
— Raaj Shaandilyaa (@writerraj) May 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Boycott "MADE IN CHINA" movement का हिस्सा बनें...औऱ अपने देश की प्रगति में योगदान दें...जय हिन्द जय भारत...#BoycottMadeInChina pic.twitter.com/FT3ekOJy6Q
">मित्रों, हाथ जोड़कर विनती है एक ज़िम्मेदार नागरिक होने के नाते...
— Raaj Shaandilyaa (@writerraj) May 29, 2020
Boycott "MADE IN CHINA" movement का हिस्सा बनें...औऱ अपने देश की प्रगति में योगदान दें...जय हिन्द जय भारत...#BoycottMadeInChina pic.twitter.com/FT3ekOJy6Qमित्रों, हाथ जोड़कर विनती है एक ज़िम्मेदार नागरिक होने के नाते...
— Raaj Shaandilyaa (@writerraj) May 29, 2020
Boycott "MADE IN CHINA" movement का हिस्सा बनें...औऱ अपने देश की प्रगति में योगदान दें...जय हिन्द जय भारत...#BoycottMadeInChina pic.twitter.com/FT3ekOJy6Q
Celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar praised US President Donald Trump, who gave a strong speech on Friday against China.
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You can make all the memes you want about Pres. Trump but you have to admire the guts he’s shown in taking on the Chinese govt.
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) May 30, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Fact is they’ve shown no sense of accountability for the pandemic and someone needed to call them out.
Rest of the world should join in isolating them https://t.co/9PL3B9MDmt
">You can make all the memes you want about Pres. Trump but you have to admire the guts he’s shown in taking on the Chinese govt.
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) May 30, 2020
Fact is they’ve shown no sense of accountability for the pandemic and someone needed to call them out.
Rest of the world should join in isolating them https://t.co/9PL3B9MDmtYou can make all the memes you want about Pres. Trump but you have to admire the guts he’s shown in taking on the Chinese govt.
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) May 30, 2020
Fact is they’ve shown no sense of accountability for the pandemic and someone needed to call them out.
Rest of the world should join in isolating them https://t.co/9PL3B9MDmt
Kasbekar wrote: "You can make all the memes you want about Pres. Trump but you have to admire the guts he's shown in taking on the Chinese govt. Fact is they've shown no sense of accountability for the pandemic and someone needed to call them out. Rest of the world should join in isolating them."