India bans more Chinese mobile apps including AliExpress
India’s technology minister calls the ban a ‘digital strike’ against China
24 November 2020 - 20:36
New Delhi — India banned 43 mobile apps on Tuesday including Alibaba’s e-commerce app AliExpress in a new wave of web actions targeting China amid a months-long standoff at a Himalayan border site.
The apps, which are mostly from China and include a few dating apps, threaten the “sovereignty and integrity of India”, the federal technology ministry said in a statement...
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