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Angry over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops on June 15, Indian citizens are now demanding a complete ban on Chinese apps in the country – a move which has already led to a dip in popularity of famous Chinese apps.Popular Chinese apps like TikTok, PUBG, Bigo Live, Helo and Likee have already shown dip in download after the cross border tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region."I believe, we the citizens of India should launch a campaign to completely boycott China and everything even remotely associated with it," Abhishek Yadav, a medical student in New Delhi said.He added: "Their army is unprofessional and businessmen unscrupulous. Their telecom players have been drawing billions by duping innocent people. Their key obje

As India steps up economic pressure on China by closing down the digital borders to ensure national security, experts from IT industry and software development explained why it is imperative to curtail the use of Chinese applications and the need to build India’s own capacity to manufacture goods and produce services to counter the Communist Party of China.Former President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) R. Chandrashekhar explained that what separates the Chinese case is based on two factors. Firstly, in other cases, platforms are believed to be used to provide economic gains to the host nations. But in the case of the Chinese apps, there are strong allegations that they have strong links with the Chinese government and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

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