Sonam Wangchuk to give up his Made-in-China phone, deleting Chinese apps

Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, innovator and education reformist, best known for the inspiration of the character "Phunsuk Wangdu" in the blockbuster "3 Idiots" has urged people of India to boycott "Made in China" in response to Chinese aggression at the border in Ladakh over the past few weeks. He says to give up all Chinese software in a week, all Chinese hardware in a year.

Wangchuk has said he is giving up his Chinese-made phone within a week, and went on to explain why. He said, "On one hand, our soldiers are fighting them and on the other hand, we buy Chinese hardware and use software like the TikTok app, we give them business worth crores so they can arm their soldiers to fight against us.”

Sonam Wangchuk's video, set in Ladakh with the Himalayas and river Sindhu in the backdrop, has been widely shared on social media. He asks in the video about the responsibility as a citizen, in this India-China border tension.

He claims that he is getting rid of his phone, which is made in China, within one week and in one year, anything that is made in china, he will throw out of his life. He also urged each citizen to spread the message to 100 others.

Wangchuk has said he believed China's moves, not just at the border, but also in the South China Sea, were more about managing an internal crisis and rising public anger.