India ban more Chinese apps and China Criticize | Flash News
India ban more Chinese apps and China Criticize
India on Tuesday yet again blocked 43 more Chinese mobile apps, This time including Alibaba's e-commerce app AliExpress, in a fresh wave of web sanctions amid its border standoff with China.
This time the target was famous e-commerce apps of Alibaba the AliExpress and more apps including some infamous apps.
In an official statement in New Delhi an official said
The banned applications were a threat to the "sovereignty and integrity of India"
The Ministry of Electronics and IT gave the request for hindering the access of these applications by users in India dependent on the extensive reports obtained from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center.
Earlier on June 29 this year, the government using Section 69A of the Information Technology Act had blocked access to 59 mobile apps and this trend continue as on September 2, another 118 apps were banned by the Indian government and now ban of these 43 apps.
The move comes even as the two countries hold talks to ease border tensions, that come after a backdrop of border tensions with China sparked by fighting in June that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
The move from Indian government draw huge type of criticism from Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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Chinese Criticism
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing in Beijing that China expresses serious concern over India's move.
“Since June this year four times India has imposed restrictions on smart phone apps that have Chinese backgrounds under the pretext of national security,” he said.
"This behaviour violates market principles and World Trade Organisation rules, severely undermines the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. China firmly rejects it,” the spokesman said.
Zhao said Chinese government always asks its companies to abide by international rules and local laws and regulations when doing business overseas.
“Following the market principles, the Indian government has the responsibility to protect their lawful rights and interests of international investors, including Chinese companies”, he said.
He said the nature of China India economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial.
He further adds
”We urge the Indian side to immediately correct its discriminatory behaviour and avoid further damage to bilateral cooperation,”
The apps banned by Indian authorities are mostly irrelevant, tiny, and with negligible usage. the earlier bans were aimed at TikTok, WeChat and Baidu, and this time Ali Express is a key target of Indian ban amid the border tension with China.
Source:- News Agencies
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