India officially banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Weibo and Xiaomi apps

Ministry of Electronics and IT India has released a press release announcing a ban on 59 Chinese applications. The list of banned applications includes TikTok, Xiaomi and Alibaba applications, along with other popular mobile games.

There are very notable applications on this list. First of all is ByteDance’s TikTok, a social networking app that shares short videos that are storming around the globe. Next up are Xiaomi apps, like Mi Community and Mi Video Call, Xiaomi smartphones account for a sizable market share in India.

Popular utilities such as Parallel Space, Xender, Shareit and Cam Scanner are also in this list. Weibo social network is also banned. There are also popular mobile games, including the famous Clash of Kings.

The Indian government has decided not to allow these applications to be used on both mobile internet enabled and non-mobile internet enabled devices. This means that users in India will have no way to access these applications and services, starting today.

List of 59 Chinese apps banned.

The Indian Ministry of Electronics and IT said the reason for banning 59 Chinese applications was because of concerns related to theft and stealthy sending user data to servers outside of Indian territory.

Tensions between India and China are also escalating, due to border disputes. Many Chinese smartphone companies have postponed a new product launch event in India. Meanwhile, Indians are also boycotting many Chinese goods.

Reference: xda-developers, techcrunch