TikTok company banned in India -

AFP

A growing dispute.

India announced on Wednesday the ban of 118 additional Chinese mobile applications, intensifying its economic retaliatory measures against the backdrop of a border dispute that is escalating with China.

The Indian Ministry of Information Technology has accused these applications of stealing user data and enabling activities "prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defense of India, the security of India. State and public order ".

The reference video game PUBG, which has millions of users in India, is fully targeted in this ban because of the services provided by Tencent which is a Chinese company specializing in Internet and mobile services as well as online advertising.

The ban concerns all types of mobile applications, online payment services, games and even dating sites.

Clashes in July in the Himalayas

India and China, between which the last open conflict dates back to the lightning war of 1962, have known since June a dispute that escalates at their disputed Himalayan border, with several deadly clashes and confrontations.

On June 15, in a disputed valley of Ladakh at an altitude of more than 4,200 meters, hand-to-hand fighting between their soldiers left 20 dead on the Indian side and an unknown number of victims in the Chinese ranks.

It was the first deadly clash between the armies of the two countries in forty-five years.

Since this weekend, two incidents have occurred in 48 hours in the Ladakh region: India and China have accused each other of having crossed on Saturday evening, then on Monday, the Line of Effective Control ("Lign of Actual Control ", LAC), a de facto border which is not clearly demarcated.

A soldier of Tibetan origin engaged in the Indian special forces was killed Saturday during a clash with the Chinese army, announced Tuesday a representative of the Tibetan Parliament in exile, Namghyal Dolkar Lhagyari.

Applications blocked this summer

Citing national security and data protection, India banned, after the June fighting, 59 Chinese apps including the popular video-sharing platform TikTok and then, at the end of July, 47 others, several of which were scaled-down versions or variants.

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