The Chinese high commission touched a high voltage wire by messing with a nuclear powered daring country like India at Galwan Valley in Ladakh at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) earlier this month. The dictator ruled China had very li’l anticipation of a strong reaction from New Delhi for it’s naive confrontation with the brave Indian Army soldiers at the Galwan Valley. The martyrdom of 20 Indian soldiers including a Colonel rank army officer, Col. Santosh Babu, in the confrontation with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent shockwaves across the country on June 15.
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The Chinese side didn’t disclose the casualties on their side but Indian sources revealed killing of or causing grievous injury to as many as 45 Chinese soldiers at Galwan Valley. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central Government of India took serious cognisance of the incident and decided to nail the tooth shown by the Chinese army. The country increased its military muscle power at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by deploying double stock of army troops than that by Chinese PLA.
The wave of aggression against China moved fast across India, with people protesting against China and sloganeering ‘Hindi-Chini Bye-Bye’. The nation demanded a boycott of Chinese apps and products to give a befitting reply to the dragon country on the economic front. The PM Modi led government decided to cut ties with the Chinese companies to teach Xi Jinping ruled China a lesson. Several crore worth contracts with the Chinese companies in India were terminated citing various reasons, in the aftermath of the Galwan Valley violent clash.
The Chinese mouthpiece, Global Times, continued its attempt to frighten the third best army powered country like India by showing some allegedly doctored videos of PLA’s military mock drill. It also accused India of working on instigation from superpower country, United States of America (USA). However, India kept strategizing it’s action plan to engirdle the dragon country to pin down its arrogance against it.
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On Monday, June 29, the PM Modi led government banned 59 Chinese apps citing security and “data breach” concerns. The Law, Electronics & Information Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, cited safety, security, defence, sovereignty and integrity of India as the pertinent reasons for banning the 59 ‘directly linked to China’ apps. “For safety, security, defence, sovereignty & integrity of India and to protect data & privacy of people of India the Government has banned 59 mobile apps. Jai Hind!,” read the tweet by Prasad after the decision to ban the Chinese apps surfaced in the news on Monday.
For safety, security, defence, sovereignty & integrity of India and to protect data & privacy of people of India the Government has banned 59 mobile apps.
Jai Hind! 🇮🇳— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 29, 2020
The Ravi Shankar Prasad led Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology stated that these 59 banned Chinese apps were a threat to India’s sovereignty & integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. “Government of India Bans 59 mobile apps which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.,” read the tweet by the ministry on Monday.
#Update | Government of India Bans 59 mobile apps which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. Read the press release by @PIB_India for more details – https://t.co/LcIuXOnlfK
— Ministry of Electronics & IT (@GoI_MeitY) June 29, 2020
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The Ministry stated that these 59 apps bearing direct link to China “are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”. The Ministry revealed that it has received several complaints from within the country about misuse of some mobile apps that are available on Android and iOS platforms to steal and unauthorisedly transmit users’ data to the servers “which have locations outside India”.
“The Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India” read the statement from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
The mouthpiece of Communist Party of China (CPC), Global Times, accused the move by India in banning the 59 Chinese apps as inspired by the similar move by USA. “#India fabricates claims that it worries Chinese power equipment has malware, Trojan horses. India copying #US stance in restricting Chinese products on security grounds, says analyst and firms.,” tweeted Global Times after the news of banning 59 Chinese apps in India flashed on Monday.
#India fabricates claims that it worries Chinese power equipment has malware, Trojan horses. India copying #US stance in restricting Chinese products on security grounds, says analyst and firms. https://t.co/luY3lznk4V pic.twitter.com/LzEoqvsvN1
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 29, 2020
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On June 24, the Global Times had tagged the protest against Chinese apps and products as “temporary” and quoted that both the countries need each other to achieve growth. “As nationalist sentiment in India has risen after the recent border clash, boycotts of Chinese items and apps by Indians may hamstring Chinese businesses there, but the impact will be temporary as both sides need each other to achieve growth.,” Global Times had tweeted a message amid the India-China deteriorating relationship after Galwan Valley violent clash between troops of Indian Army and PLA.
As nationalist sentiment in India has risen after the recent border clash, boycotts of Chinese items and apps by Indians may hamstring Chinese businesses there, but the impact will be temporary as both sides need each other to achieve growth. https://t.co/p539Ozgkfy pic.twitter.com/sysRngPIUP
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 21, 2020
The 59 Chinese apps that had to pay a heavy price of being banned in the country, are delineated below.
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1. TikTok
2. Shareit
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu map
6. Shein
7. Clash of Kings
8. DU battery saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. YouCam makeup
12. Mi Community
13. CM Browers
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE
17. Club Factory
18. Newsdog
19. Beutry Plus
20. WeChat
21. UC News
22. QQ Mail
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ Music
26. QQ Newsfeed
27. Bigo Live
28. SelfieCity
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel Space
31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32. WeSync
33. ES File Explorer
34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc
35. Meitu
36. Vigo Video
37. New Video Status
38. DU Recorder
39. Vault- Hide
40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio
41. DU Cleaner
42. DU Browser
43. Hago Play With New Friends
44. Cam Scanner
45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
46. Wonder Camera
47. Photo Wonder
48. QQ Player
49. We Meet
50. Sweet Selfie
51. Baidu Translate
52. Vmate
53. QQ International
54. QQ Security Center
55. QQ Launcher
56. U Video
57. V fly Status Video
58. Mobile Legends
59. DU Privacy
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