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China's smartphone makers look to India for growth

Published Tue, May 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Hong Kong

THE most important market for Chinese smartphone makers may no longer be China.

For years, hundreds of millions of Chinese have bought new smartphones. In the process, they lifted the fortunes of local handset makers, from the well known such as Huawei and Lenovo to the obscure such as Coolpad and Gionee.

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