Chinese government officials and businesses want to see the new Indian bans on Chinese apps reversed, but Modi’s move is popular among Indians seeking retribution for the lives lost on the Himalayan border.
India has escalated its border confrontation with China, two weeks after a deadly clash at the Line of Actual Control. This time, cyberspace borders are at stake: India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) announced today that it would completely ban and disable all access within India to 59 China-based app, including TikTok and WeChat.
Tensions remain high in the Himalayas, 10 days after the violent clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and, according to both named and anonymous Chinese official sources, a small number of Chinese soldiers with injuries.
Chinese leadership may have miscalculated in its border antics and pushed India to do the one thing Beijing has tried to keep it from doing for many years — move closer to the United States.
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