The government said the ban was in the interest of national security.
Photographer: Kilai Shane / Bloomberg
Photographer: Kilai Shane / Bloomberg
India Some other Chinese apps were banned, including some Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s key shopping services expand its mobile blacklist into more than 200 applications.
The latest action includes a number of apps powered by e-commerce giants, including AliExpress and Taobao Live, one of its largest malls for overseas shoppers, in a rapidly evolving video-based marketplace. India has also blocked more than a dozen dating and gaming platforms. They connect with some well-known applications in China WeChat to Tencent Holdings Ltd. Bytendance Ltd. ticket ok c.
The government said the ban was in the interest of national security. But the ever-growing blacklist also underscores the broader Indian efforts to reduce its dependence on its neighbor’s products, and thwarts efforts by China’s largest corporations to go beyond their own borders. Tensions between the two giant Asian economies have been rising since a clash on the Himalayan border earlier this year killed 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers.
India’s tech industry g industry leaders are urging the country to step up to protect the interests of local companies against foreign rivals or to threaten Chinese and American giants with the world’s fastest-growing Internet sector. Most Chinese tech companies have yet to generate significant revenue from India, but government action has threatened to block their entry into one of the world’s fastest-growing Internet economies.
India has also blocked apps powered by the country’s No. 1 brand Xiaomi Corp., which relies on the MI library of its services to increase the demand for smartphones. According to industry portal StateCounter, the government blocked Alibaba’s UC browser in June, ranking second in the country with 10.2% market share.
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