China protests banning 116 apps, correct mistakes

China also protested India's third digital strike. The Chinese Commerce Ministry protested on Wednesday, the day after India banned 118 apps, including Pubji, in the third round, saying the decision violated the legal rights of Chinese businessmen. Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, also called for an amendment to the decision. However, like the previous two points, it is believed that India will not listen to China's request.

On June 29, the Narendra Modi government banned 59 apps in India, including TickTock, following an Indo-Chinese military clash in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh. A few days later, 49 more apps were banned. In the third phase, the central government on Wednesday banned 118 apps, including Tencent Holdings' gaming app Pubji. In addition to Pubji, the list also includes Ali-Pay, APUS Turbo Cleaner, Baidu, Cam Card, Super Clean, Photo Gallery and Album, Ludo All Star, etc.

The government claims that all these apps are against the security, sovereignty and protection of personal information of net users.

Gao Feng said on Thursday that India's move had undermined the legal rights of Chinese businessmen, investors and service providers. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce also wanted to point out that India had made a mistake by banning the app. Beijing has also asked India to rectify the mistake. The Xi Jinping government protested in almost the same language even after banning the first and second rounds of apps.

But New Delhi did not listen to it, on the contrary, it has banned 116 new apps.

The most popular pubji in India as a download worldwide. India accounts for 24% of the world's total downloads. Naturally, India's decision has put a lot of pressure on the main Chinese companies for most of the apps, including Pubji. However, this could affect Chinese investment in India, many experts say. Atul Pandey, one of the partners in Khaitan & Company, a legal advisory firm, said: ’