Chinese mobile phone makers reiterate commitment to India amid growing anti-China sentiments

Chinese smartphone maker, Realme’s India CEO is proud of the company’s Indian roots. Madhav Seth, CEO of Chinese BBK Electronics-owned company, said as much in a YouTube series the company runs yesterday. “I can proudly say that Realme is an Indian startup, which is now a global multinational company,” said Seth in the video. BBK Electronics also owns smartphone brands Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus.

Companies like Realme have been taking to social media in order to establish their Indianness amid growing anti-China sentiments amongst Indian consumers. On June 3, Poco, which is an offshoot of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, put out a tweet on similar lines. “With a dream of serving Indian consumers, @IndiaPoco was born 2 years ago in Delhi, India,” the company said in the tweet.

Poco was originally a sub-brand of Xiaomi India, but operates independently now.