India’s ban on apps not beneficial to anyone: China

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ China on Thursday said India’s decision to ban 118 Chinese apps is not beneficial to the Indian users nor to China’s businesses and claimed it violated World Trade Organisation rules.

India on Wednesday banned 118 more mobile apps with Chinese links, including the popular game PUBG, citing data privacy concerns and a threat to national security, taking the total count of Chinese-linked mobile apps banned by New Delhi to 224. India’s move came amid fresh border tensions with China in eastern Ladakh.

Responding to a question on India’s fresh ban on Chinese apps at a Commerce Ministry briefing in Beijing, spokesman Gao Feng said, “The Indian side abused the concept of ‘national security’ and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese companies, violating relevant World Trade Organisation rules. China urges India to correct its wrong practices.”