The Chinese Whispers section had reported that the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated economic think tank, has launched a campaign against goods manufactured in China. It has appealed to people to boycott Chinese goods because, among other things, China supports Pakistan, which exports terrorism to India. So one was a bit baffled to note the disclaimer on the flip side of the identity cards distributed at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive to its delegates: They said, “Made in China”. They also had the Mandarin versions of the words “name”, “post” and “unit”.
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