China Is Choking India’s Factories — And India Has No Quick Fixes

How China’s Supply Chain Leverage Threatens India’s Manufacturing Future

China will increasingly leverage its dominance over supply chains to wage a form of competition that falls below the threshold of open conflict.

India’s industrial ambitions, from building a global electronics base to becoming a major defence exporter, are now facing a slow but methodical stranglehold. The pressure isn’t coming from domestic policy missteps or global demand shortfalls. It is being engineered, behind the scenes, by China.

This isn’t a conventional trade war with tariffs or sanctions. It is a quieter and more insidious campaign, carried out through complex regulations, hidden barriers, and deliberate uncertainty.

China’s export denial strategy has become a powerful tool of economic coercion. Its goal is not to provoke openly but to undermine gradually.

The tactics vary but follow a consistent pattern...