Many Chinese companies are anticipating events, to protect themselves from an evil approaching one of the most famous domestic technology programs around the world, TikTok, whose fate depends on a third party regarding the continuation of his work in the United States of America, after it is considered a threat to national security.

Chinese cross-border applications fear a similar fate, after the governments of several countries moved to re-examine the nature of their work and their links, especially in European countries, after the US escalation against China.

Innovation consultant Enrique Danse believes - in his article - that Chinese applications have learned to benefit outside their home country through public offerings, especially in the United States, as they know more about the product category than anyone else in the world, and they can now launch their products in other markets.

He added that Western governments have begun to consider Chinese applications and services a threat, because it is in the pocket of the Chinese government, which is now creating a database of key information abroad (OKIDB), regarding potential data of interest to prominent citizens or influential people in other countries, as the authorities in Beijing are not It alone follows this kind of surveillance, but it does so on an unimaginable scale.

The most influential applications

Unlike "Tik Tok" for short videos, and the chat program "WeChat", which is also used for online shopping and payment, which the US government seeks to ban their work in the United States under the pretext of national security, many Chinese applications have access to millions of smart devices around the world.

Chinese applications fear that they will reach the fate of TikTok after the US escalation against China (Shutterstock)

Alipay

The affiliate of Alibaba Group, one of the most popular mobile payment services in China, and has international ambitions, as the Ant Financial Group, which falls under its framework, is implementing it in retail companies abroad.

Maximilian Friedrich, analyst at ARK Invest, says that some Western applications are trying to copy Ant's financial group model, "but nothing competes with Ant's scale and reach, or its merger with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba." Or how it benefited from artificial intelligence. "


He added that its approach to extracting personal data and relations with the Chinese government may raise privacy concerns, especially as it expands abroad.

But the US network, CNN, commented on the US sanctions against the Chinese "Ant" group as "an empty threat", as it depends for its revenues on local dealings, which will protect it from any global shocks that may be exposed to it.

SHAREit

It is an application for sending pictures, music and other files between devices without an internet connection or active bluetooth, where all shapes and sizes can be sent.

According to the "AppsFlyer" performance indicator, the application ranked first in the world in terms of growth among media sources, as it achieved a phenomenal growth rate of 160% in application installations in the first half of 2020, compared to the 2019 version of the same report.

This rise was accompanied by a significant increase in the app's customer base, which helped it secure the number one position in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Share It seeks to design its own international content strategy that continues to move towards globalization, and the latest of these endeavors was the appointment of Indian Piyush Bhatia as Vice President of Global Content Strategy and Acquisition, which he joined after 14 years of successful leadership roles with global brands.

UC Browser

It was developed by the Alibaba Group's mobile Internet company UCWeb, and it is one of the most popular mobile browsers in China and Indonesia.

The app has sparked a lot of controversy over safety and privacy, and India banned it in June.

In May 2015, NSA documents - leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden - indicated that UC Browser was leaking sensitive data such as the identities of international mobile phone subscribers and other data that enabled intelligence agencies to Track users.

UC Browser has sparked controversy over safety and privacy and has been banned by India (Getty Images)

Helo

A social media application launched in India in 2018, and currently has more than 50 million users there. The company (Helo Holdings Limited) that issued it is owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance, which owns the application "TikTok".

The application has been downloaded more than 100 million times on the Google Store since its inception, after making it available for download in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Gulf countries and some African countries to serve the Indians on these sites.

According to company data at the end of last year, users spend about 30 minutes on the Hello application, and 85% of the content on the platform is created by users.

Other applications

The Apple and Google stores include many Chinese applications that have strengthened their presence around the world, including "CamScanner", a widely used scanning application, and an image editor, the application of the selfie filter "BeautyPlus", which many surveys indicate that more than 50 % Of users edit their photos using it before publishing on social media platforms, in addition to "Trip.com", the international online travel agency with more than 400 million users around the world.

Survival Guarantee

Multiple statistics in the field of financial payment indicate that Chinese companies represent more than 50% of companies around the world. According to US CNN analyzes, the ban imposed on "Alipay" and "WeChat" will harm American companies that rely on the two applications in China.

Analysts believe that this path is a lifeline for Chinese technology from the threat of Western and American sanctions, by seeking to constantly link its presence with the interests of companies in the country that seek to ban it, thus ensuring that it remains across borders.