Tim Culpan, Columnist

India 1, China 0

A homegrown smartphone operating system has taken second spot behind Alphabet's Android.
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Forgive the Chinese if they start feeling a certain amount of OS envy.

For more than 15 years, China has unsuccessfully attempted to come up with a homegrown operating system that would be loved by the masses and allow the country to be freed from the shackles of Western technological imperialism.