China says concerned about India banning Chinese mobile apps

NEW DELHI: China said on Tuesday it was concerned about India's decision to ban Chinese mobile apps such as Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat and was making checks to verify the situation, according to a Reuters report from Beijing.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters during a daily briefing that India has a responsibility to uphold the rights of Chinese businesses.

India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted between the two countries this month.

The apps are “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defence of India, the security of state and public order", the ministry of information technology said in a statement, which came two weeks after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a violent clash on the India-China border in Ladakh.

The move likewise came in front of military and conciliatory talks among India and China planned for this present week. 

On 17 June, outside priest S. Jaishankar in a call to his Chinese partner Wang Yi had cautioned of a "genuine effect on the respective relationship" following the passings of the 20 Indian armed force work force. 

Pressures have spiraled since early May after hand-to-hand battling between troops on the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh. Strains at that point spread across numerous focuses along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, other than the fringe in Sikkim, with Beijing accumulating



huge quantities of troops, substantial vehicles and ordnance upheld via air support along the LAC. 

With strains stewing, New Delhi has been reflecting correctional financial advances that would affect Chinese interests. With key nations over the world taking a gander at moving their gracefully chains out of China in the consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, China might not want to see its exchange attaches with India worth an expected $90 billion, for the most part in support of China, influenced, state investigators. TikTok has in excess of 200 million clients in India and considers the to be as one of its most significant markets after China. In China, the application works under an alternate name, Duyoin. In India, Tik Tok is generally famous among the nation's childhood. The applications prohibited by the IT service on Monday incorporated the well-known filtering application CamScanner and Mi Video by cell phone creator Xiaomi.

“There are essentially four types of Chinese apps functioning in India — Economic Activity Apps, Service-Oriented Apps, Vanity Apps and Strategic Apps," said Blaise Fernandes, Director, Gateway House think tank based in Mumbai.

“The Digital India story is globally tracked. Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are part of the digital ‘Silk Route’ of China. The ban of the 59 Chinese Apps in India, will negatively impact the valuations of these apps and their respective promoters. Case in point - the upcoming IPO of TikTok - 30% user base comes from India. This will impact the TikTok valuations negatively," Fernandes said.