Is an app ban enough for China?

Economically damaging China may be next to impossible for India, given its dependence on its northern neighbour in sectors from pharma to telecom. Banning apps may be a token of India’s will to impose economic costs on China in the event of Beijing persisting with its unilateral moves on the LAC. But confronting the superpower in cyberspace is of little use unless it can be followed up with large-scale efforts to ramp up local manufacturing.

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This ban on Chinese Apps could be a boom for India IT players.

The Chinese Mobile Phones in our hands can itself spy on us with or without the banned Apps. These Phones mostly carry Spyware itself. Likewise Google has full knowledge of our activities including lifestyle through its Android Suite. What for so much of fuss for banning tik tok etc. Our PM is still in denial mode for having lost face in East Ladakh. The entire Nation in one voice appeal the Establishment to retrieve the 8 KM stretch of Indian Territory occupied by China,back by negotiations or evicting by hot chase. Only then National Pride shall be restored.

Nageswara Rao (Hyderabad)

stop talking negative, think of next step.

Jaitien Kumar (Delhi Unknown)

Tik Tok is really very toxic for our new generation and apart from tik tok who use these app i think only chines phone user use these app otherwise i dont even know about name of these app

Congratulation for GOVERNMENT OF INDIA - Pleasae see that it may not allow again / if you do so it will not help the country for Aathma Nirbhar Bharat

Truth Is Bitter (Bharath)

No APP dealing with Money is removed ... That is Helping China ... No sponsors removed ... No Super Stars quit the as Ambassadors of Chinese Product !! Fake patriotism for Money ???

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Make desi versions of all pila and gora apps-social media. Lets unleash a million desi engineers on projects. Make, Market and GET RICH, Desis. Cheers

Indianitblog (irving)

This is really a good move!! - IndianITblog.com

Given the Chinese government's appalling record on human rights, their attack on freedoms in Hong Kong, their bullying behaviour in border disputes from the South China seas to India, their blatant breaching of the rules-based order governing the free market and their delayed declaration on COVID-19, will the government now initiate an internal review of the UK's dependence on China, with a view to significantly reducing that dependence

Tanvi (Mumbai)

More details on the ban here https://tiktokban.wordpress.com/

Appriciate Govt.action in this cruzial time , Indian software company should develop similar or better than this app for india and also to compete these chinese appa in other contries with better package

You have banned tik tok in Google Play Store,but what about others those who installed.You should ban the apps those who installed also.So ban the apps those who installed also.So please send notifications to whom those who installed the apps.Thank you all

Govt should warn Yahoo China products won't be advertise on Yahoo India other wise Yahoo India would be shut down as porno site

Manjeet (Jaipur)

All I see I. Playstore is only tiktok is banned rest other app is available

Jitendra

why not Zoom app banned

Shubham (Bhayander)

I'm personally very happy regarding the decision taken by GOI. It was very important take this step. But in my opinion applications such as Zoom and Pubg should also be banned.

Smita

Why didn't Magic rush be banned? Magic rush is also a game of moonton

Kick out even a single CHINKI and throw out all sub standard Chinese product. Need is the mother of inventions

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Made in China/PRC laptops, mobiles, smart TVs, storage and network devices must also be banned for their potential to compromise data and be used for spying by having malicious drivers and software preloaded.

ALIBABA & ZOOM should also be banned very Soon. This will bring more satisfaction to Indians.

कुछ लोगों ने सवाल उठाया है कि भारत ने चीन के खिलाफ पाकिस्तान जैसी प्रतिक्रिया व्यक्त क्यूँ नहीं की है ? वे सही हैं क्योंकि पाकिस्तानी आतंकियों और चाइनीज सेना के जवानों में अंतर तो है !!!! पाकिस्तानी आतंकियों को मारने के लिए भारत सरकार ने स्थाई आदेश दे रखा है । हम चाइनीस सेना को मारेंगे और जरूर मारेंगे, पर बंदूक भी हमारी होगी और गोली भी हमारी होगी और वह वक्त भी हमारा होगा पर इसके लिए उन्हे भारत सरकार के आदेश की प्रतीक्षा है । दूसरी तरफ, हमारे चीन के साथ व्यापारिक संबंध हैं पर भिखारी पाकिस्तान के साथ नहीं हैं। इसलिए, चीन के खिलाफ हमारी रणनीति अलग है और सभी विषयों की समीक्षा के बाद तय की जाएगी। ऐसा नहीं है कि हम चीन से भयभीत हैं।

Digital Strike by Modi Govt. !!!! Major blow to China’s Digital Silk Route ambitions, the Government of India landmark decision. This is show of real guts. A strong decisive leader, statesman & Visionary. Let us rise above all petty issues & provide moral support to new avtar of Sardar Patel, Iron Man. Modi hai, to Mumkin Hai.

चीन के खिलाफ मोदी सरकार द्वारा डिजिटल स्ट्राइक !!!!............. चीन की डिजिटल सिल्क रूट महत्वाकांक्षाओं के लिए बड़ा झटका, भारत सरकार का ऐतिहासिक फैसला । …….यह असली हिम्मत दिखाने का काम है ।……… मोदी है, तभी मुमकिन है । ...........मोदी एक मजबूत निर्णायक नेता, राजनेता और दूरदर्शी । ...............आइए हम सभी क्षुद्र मुद्दों से ऊपर उठें और सरदार पटेल, लौह पुरुष के नए अवतार को नैतिक समर्थन प्रदान करें ।............... "अब राजा का बेटा राजा नही बनेगा, राजा वो ही बनेगा, जो असली हकदार होगा" ।

BJP Modi Government has forgotten to block alibaba group and made in China kind of b2b app, which is the most competitive and dangerous for Indian market, that’s how almost every level of merchant get lucrative option from Chinese manufacturers. Please govt. should also ban those appsJai Hind

M Roy replies to Pradeep Chahal

One by One,,,Wait & Watch !!!!

Well done. It should be followed by banning sale of Chinese mobiles.

Jeeva India (india)

These manufactures and apps entered India only after 2014, ie only after Modi became PM. Naturally we should doubt, BJP big bosses get big bucks from Chinese deals. In 6 years Chinese business became 100 times stronger. Unable to compete with Chinese, Indian business doomed. Now there is no business in India , which can produce a component of international level without partnership of abroad companies. We should appreciate Modi for this.

Subbu India (Kolkata)

Good decision. Should also ban imports from China as far as possible.

Karthick (Bangalore)

Ali Express needs to be banned as well. They have a large user base in India. Jack Ma is core member o CCP.

My feeling: Another of Chinese brain wave: We Indians will be hit badly financially by shutting down these gagets...soon we all who have any Chinese gagets... will be without any use of them...they will be sold as rubbish... yet the govt can’t do anything else but to retaliate...Jai Hind

Alibaba is not in list please add this group in blocking list

Alibaba have many apps banned...UC web belong to Alibaba,weibo belong to Alibaba....Stupid and dirty Indian....

Subbu India (Kolkata) replies to Pradeep Chahal

Right Alibaba should have been black listed.

Ds (Mumbai)

China must be laughing on us - this is the best that we could do to punish China in return for PLA killing 20 Indian Jawans.

Make use punishable by law also... wonderful opportunity for our techies to show whether they are really brilliant and come forward to fill up the vacuum.

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Paresh Vora (Ahmedabad, India)

Good move. Next, the government should also ask Chinese phone manufacturers in India, to offer phone with stock android os and not their UI, and also ask them not to preload any of the banned apps in phones while selling them.

Fake news these apps aren't banned you can still find them on play store

Syam (AP, India) replies to Sarthakkh Agrawal

the next step is the internet service providers will block them....then you will see the impact

Greatest step AGAINST China. India is going to ban Chinese stuff digitally proportional to land occupied by China in Square kilometers. This is the best 56inches chest can do as it is matches with objective of Digital India.

Mohan Tvm (tvm)

These are all psychological warfare. China is not in a position to start any war. They do muscle flexing to scare away their enemy. Why the Chinese chose Galwan for a fight after withdrawing from Doklam? Because the terrain is treachery with mountains, rivers etc. China is not in a position to start any war. Their military is inexperienced. But they are the worthy disciples of Acharya Sun Tzu. According to him the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without any fight. The British learned these strategies from China and conquered India with least fighting. MK Gandhi was one of their weapon for the psychological warfare. The addictive, time wasting apps like TikTok is misdirecting the youth with disinformation campaign. The Chinese paid IT Cell is very active in social media exitdragon.blogspot.com

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Balbir

This may or may not impact China , but it certainly sends a strong message that country ready for fight if forced upon it.

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